Sunil Gavaskar, legendary former India opener: “It is hard to imagine any player in the history of the game who combines classical technique with raw aggression like the little champion does. There is not a single shot he cannot play.”
Shane Warne, second-highest Test wicket-taker: “Sachin Tendulkar is, in my time, the best player without a doubt – daylight second, Brian Lara third.”
Kapil Dev, former India World Cup-winning captain: “It’s a sad day but everyone has to go one day. He has given happiness to millions and millions of people and has never been controversial.”
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Indian Compound Junior Men’s Team Won BRONZE medal after defeating Great Britain by 229-222. Indian team comprise of Rajat CHAUHAN, Jignas CHITTIBOMMA and Sudhakar Kumar PASWAN . Earlier India lost to Mexico in close fight by 231 – 233.
Indian Compound Junior Women’s Team won BRONZE medal after defeating Mexico by 223-214 in bronze medal match. Indian team comprise of Jyothi Surekha VENNAM, Jayalakshmi SARIKONDA and Swati DUDHWAL. In semifinals India lost to USA by 225-221.
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Aiming for a European Tour card for next year, Shiv Kapur,31, produced a fine card of four-under 68 to be fourth after the third round of the Foshan Open on the European Challenge Tour. The Purdue University alumni, had five birdies, was flawless till the 16th before he dropped a shot on the 17th. Kapur, is now under 10-under and four behind the leader, Spaniard Nacho Elvira.
Kapur, is currently 36th on the Money List and needs with a win or a second place finish to bring him closer to his goal of making it to top-15 and secure a card for 2014.
Read more: http://coverindialive.in/shiv-kapur-inches-closer-to-a-european-tour-card/#ixzz2iCb9yAsM
B. Sai Praneeth (Smashers) beat Tien Minh Nguyen (Pistons) 21-16, 21-20
Juliane Schenk (Pistons) beat Jindapon Nichaon (Smashers) 21-15, 21-6
Boon Hoeng Tan/Kien Keat Koo (Smashers) beat K.T. Rupesh Kumar/Sanave Thomas (Pistons) 21-13, 21-16
Sourabh Verma (Pistons) beat H.S. Prannoy Verma (Smashers) 21-16, 19-21, 11-5
Ashwini Ponnappa/Joachim Fischer Nielsen (Pistons) beat Jwala Gutta/Keat Kien Koo (Smashers) 21-16, 16-21, 11-3
Test in 2013
Rain stopped the Play and diminished India's chance for Champions Trophy. South Africa is Already out of the Trophy race from Group B. India started well in this match by taking 1st wicket early but then 84 runs partnership flourish between Ponting and Paine, after Paine get out on total of 87 there is another Partnership between Ponting and Hussey, this partnership is of 88 runs. Ponting out when Teams total is 175/3 and Hussey is next one to go on 227/4. Australia is at 232/4 when rains stop the play. Ashish nehra Bowled well and took early wicket of Watson. Ishant and Harbhajan singh this time too dosen't find the form and gave away runs in boundaries. India's Hope is on Pakistan and Australia matchs more then their own match against West Indies . Both matches to be played on 30th September
| Australia innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SR Watson | c Harbhajan Singh b Nehra | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 2.2 Nehra takes out Watto. It was the bouncing delivery on the middle stump line, angling away towards off, Watson went for the pull but it's too weak a shot. the ball balloons towards Harbhajan at midwicket. Watson was troubled throughout the first over and looked to take the aggressive route this over but he is gone. 3/1 | ||||||||
| TD Paine | c Harbhajan Singh b Mishra | 56 | 76 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 96.55 | |
| 16.4 Paine goes for another fine sweep but gets a top edge. He has profited from couple of sweeps and paddle sweeps but couldn't connect this one. It was flighted outside off stump line and Paine top edges a dolly to Harbhajan at midwicket. Paine was doing his role, trying to upset the lengths of the spinners with his various sweep, succeeded initially but couldn't get it working this time. 87/2 | ||||||||
| RT Ponting | run out (Gambhir) | 65 | 131 | 88 | 4 | 1 | 73.86 | |
| 32.5 Nehra to Hussey, Ponting is run out. Again Hussey and Ponting involved in a run out. It was Flintoff then, it is Gambhir this time. Hussey drove it to left of sweeper cover and immediately called out two. Both ran as hard as they could but Gambhir rushed to his left, picked the ball and fired in a direct hit from the deep at the non-striker's end. Even if it wasn't a direct hit, Ponting was likely to get out. What a big wicket. What a way for Ponting to go. He was looking so good out there. 175/3 | ||||||||
| MEK Hussey | c Tendulkar b Sharma | 67 | 101 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 103.07 | |
| 40.1 holes out to long-off. It was full and well outside off stump, Hussey reached out to lift it straight to Sachin. Lucky break for Ishant. Hussey walks back after a fine knock 227/4 | ||||||||
| CL White | not out | 35 | 43 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 116.66 | |
| CJ Ferguson | not out | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 1, w 7) | 9 | ||||||
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| Total | (4 wickets; 42.3 overs) | 234 | (5.50 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat JR Hopes, MG Johnson, B Lee, NM Hauritz, PM Siddle |
| Fall of wickets1-3 (Watson, 2.2 ov), 2-87 (Paine, 16.4 ov), 3-175 (Ponting, 32.5 ov), 4-227 (Hussey, 40.1 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| A Nehra | 8 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 4.75 | |||
2.2 to Watson, Nehra takes out Watto. It was the bouncing delivery on the middle stump line, angling away towards off, Watson went for the pull but it's too weak a shot. the ball balloons towards Harbhajan at midwicket. Watson was troubled throughout the first over and looked to take the aggressive route this over but he is gone. 3/1 | ||||||||
| P Kumar | 8 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 4.25 | (3w) | ||
| I Sharma | 7.3 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 7.06 | (1w) | ||
40.1 to Hussey, holes out to long-off. It was full and well outside off stump, Hussey reached out to lift it straight to Sachin. Lucky break for Ishant. Hussey walks back after a fine knock 227/4 | ||||||||
| A Mishra | 9 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 5.00 | (1w) | ||
16.4 to Paine, Paine goes for another fine sweep but gets a top edge. He has profited from couple of sweeps and paddle sweeps but couldn't connect this one. It was flighted outside off stump line and Paine top edges a dolly to Harbhajan at midwicket. Paine was doing his role, trying to upset the lengths of the spinners with his various sweep, succeeded initially but couldn't get it working this time. 87/2 | ||||||||
| Harbhajan Singh | 9 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 6.00 | (1w) | ||
| SK Raina | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | |||
| India team | ||||
| G Gambhir, SR Tendulkar, R Dravid, SK Raina, MS Dhoni, V Kohli, A Mishra, Harbhajan Singh, A Nehra, I Sharma, P Kumar |
| Match details |
| Toss Australia, who chose to bat Points Australia 1, India 1 |
| Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and IJ Gould (England) TV umpire Asad Rauf (Pakistan) Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire AL Hill (New Zealand) |
England is in Semi-finals. What a turn back for English team. After loosing 6-1 ODI series to Australia in England just a week ago, they came back strongly. BTW Home team, South Africa is now out of the Champions Trophy. The Last match of the group B, New Zealand vs England will have no effect on South Africa, but yes, if New Zealand loose the Last match then Sri Lanka have fair chance to go in Semi's with better run rate.
Now lets talk about this match, Match 8, England batting first put up huge total of 323 runs with the help of brilliant Half centuries by OA Shah, PD Collingwood, EJG Morgan. WD Parnell took 3 wickts of England. Captan GC Smith brilliant 141 runs would also not saved South Africa. As a result South Africa lost the match by 22 runs at the end. JM Anderson & SCJ Broad took 3 wickets each.
Now lets talk about this match, Match 8, England batting first put up huge total of 323 runs with the help of brilliant Half centuries by OA Shah, PD Collingwood, EJG Morgan. WD Parnell took 3 wickts of England. Captan GC Smith brilliant 141 runs would also not saved South Africa. As a result South Africa lost the match by 22 runs at the end. JM Anderson & SCJ Broad took 3 wickets each.
| England innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AJ Strauss | c †Boucher b Parnell | 25 | 51 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 67.56 | |
| 12.1 fantastic reflexes from Boucher, stunning catch to dismiss Strauss, a wide delivery outside off, Strauss gets a thick edge, Boucher throws himself to his left to pluck that one, two quick wickets for South Africa 59/2 | ||||||||
| JL Denly | c Duminy b Kallis | 21 | 41 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 84.00 | |
| 9.6 Kallis gets the breakthrough, Denly is gone, not exactly a wicket-taking ball, back of a length on the pads, Denly swings it towards square leg, looked like a good shot when the ball left the bat, but Denly manages to pick out Duminy in the deep 48/1 | ||||||||
| OA Shah | c †Boucher b Botha | 98 | 108 | 89 | 5 | 6 | 110.11 | |
| 38.2 oh, that's cruel for Shah, a fantastic innings comes to an end, he looked to dink a legstump ball towards square leg, inside-edges onto his pad, ball pops up and gives Boucher an easy catch 222/3 | ||||||||
| PD Collingwood | b Parnell | 82 | 122 | 94 | 6 | 1 | 87.23 | |
| 43.1 Parnell continues to pick up the wickets, a full and wide delivery, Collingwood looks to carve it through the off side, gets an inside edge, the ball slams into middle and leg stump 262/4 | ||||||||
| EJG Morgan | c Smith b Steyn | 67 | 54 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 197.05 | |
| 49.2 superb catch from Smith ends Morgan's brilliant innings, Steyn kept it full, Morgan backed away and powered it towards extra cover, Smith dives to his right to take a low catch 320/8 | ||||||||
| LJ Wright | run out (Parnell) | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 114.28 | |
| 45.6 Parnell to Morgan, Wright is run-out, tough luck, a low full toss from Parnell, punched back towards the bowler, who gets a boot on it and deflects it onto the stumps, catchng Wright out of the crease 291/5 | ||||||||
| RS Bopara | c Morkel b Botha | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| 46.4 Bopara is gone, length ball outside off, Bopara looks to heave that over midwicket, a top edge sends the ball swirling towards Albie Morkel who hangs on to it 295/6 | ||||||||
| SCJ Broad | b Parnell | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 47.2 Parnell gets rid of Broad with a ripper of a delivery, inswinging yorker homes in on the base of legstump, better batsmen than Broad would have had trouble keeping that out 297/7 | ||||||||
| GP Swann | not out | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 88.88 | |
| JM Anderson | not out | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 4, w 5, nb 1) | 11 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets; 50 overs) | 323 | (6.46 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat G Onions |
| Fall of wickets1-48 (Denly, 9.6 ov), 2-59 (Strauss, 12.1 ov), 3-222 (Shah, 38.2 ov), 4-262 (Collingwood, 43.1 ov), 5-291 (Wright, 45.6 ov), 6-295 (Bopara, 46.4 ov), 7-297 (Broad, 47.2 ov), 8-320 (Morgan, 49.2 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DW Steyn | 10 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 5.90 | (1w) | ||
49.2 to Morgan, superb catch from Smith ends Morgan's brilliant innings, Steyn kept it full, Morgan backed away and powered it towards extra cover, Smith dives to his right to take a low catch 320/8 | ||||||||
| WD Parnell | 10 | 2 | 60 | 3 | 6.00 | |||
12.1 to Strauss, fantastic reflexes from Boucher, stunning catch to dismiss Strauss, a wide delivery outside off, Strauss gets a thick edge, Boucher throws himself to his left to pluck that one, two quick wickets for South Africa 59/2 43.1 to Collingwood, Parnell continues to pick up the wickets, a full and wide delivery, Collingwood looks to carve it through the off side, gets an inside edge, the ball slams into middle and leg stump 262/4 47.2 to Broad, Parnell gets rid of Broad with a ripper of a delivery, inswinging yorker homes in on the base of legstump, better batsmen than Broad would have had trouble keeping that out 297/7 | ||||||||
| JH Kallis | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4.66 | (1w) | ||
9.6 to Denly, Kallis gets the breakthrough, Denly is gone, not exactly a wicket-taking ball, back of a length on the pads, Denly swings it towards square leg, looked like a good shot when the ball left the bat, but Denly manages to pick out Duminy in the deep 48/1 | ||||||||
| JA Morkel | 6 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 7.50 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| RE van der Merwe | 9 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 7.44 | (2w) | ||
| J Botha | 9 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 6.22 | |||
38.2 to Shah, oh, that's cruel for Shah, a fantastic innings comes to an end, he looked to dink a legstump ball towards square leg, inside-edges onto his pad, ball pops up and gives Boucher an easy catch 222/3 46.4 to Bopara, Bopara is gone, length ball outside off, Bopara looks to heave that over midwicket, a top edge sends the ball swirling towards Albie Morkel who hangs on to it 295/6 | ||||||||
| JP Duminy | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.66 | |||
| South Africa innings (target: 324 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith | c Shah b Broad | 141 | 216 | 134 | 16 | 0 | 105.22 | |
| 46.5 this could be the end for South Africa, Smith's heroic innings comes to an end, Smith backed away and looked to smash that to midwicket, top edges it to mid-on, the crowd gives Smith a standing ovation 274/9 | ||||||||
| HH Gibbs | c Wright b Anderson | 22 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 84.61 | |
| 6.6 Gibbs holes out to mid-on, gets on the backfoot to pull that ball, bottom hand comes off the bat as he plays that, no power behind the shot and it lobs to mid-on 42/1 | ||||||||
| JH Kallis | c Denly b Broad | 12 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| 11.5 Denly takes the catch to dismiss Kallis, who perishes to a similar shot as Denly himself, swung around to deep square leg, Kallis needed better placement, that's a big blow 64/2 | ||||||||
| AB de Villiers | c Denly b Collingwood | 36 | 58 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 87.80 | |
| 25.5 de Villiers picks out Denly at midwicket, a length delivery, de Villiers hoicks it off the back foot, not enough power to clear the short boundary, and the waiting Denly holds on to a simple catch 142/3 | ||||||||
| JP Duminy | b Swann | 24 | 47 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 72.72 | |
| 36.6 quicker arm ball takes out Duminy, Duminy goes for the cut, bottom edges it from offstump to the base of legstump 206/4 | ||||||||
| MV Boucher | b Anderson | 8 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| 40.1 he gets rid of Boucher first ball! a shortish ball from Anderson, Boucher goes for the pull, misses and the ball rips out offstump 230/5 | ||||||||
| JA Morkel | run out (†Morgan) | 17 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 121.42 | |
| 44.1 Broad to Smith, length ball outside off, Smith looks to shovel it from outside off, it goes through to the keeper, stand-in keeper Morgan's great day continues as he throws down the stumps, South Africa attempted a suicidal run, Morkel is caught short, and that could be the end of the road for South Africa 255/6 | ||||||||
| J Botha | c Onions b Broad | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 44.3 Botha is gone, and South Africa are heading for the exit door, back of length ball, Botha looks to smack it to the leg side, mishits it and it ends as a simple catch at mid-off 255/7 | ||||||||
| RE van der Merwe | b Anderson | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 45.2 bowled him! a full ball, van der Merwe goes for the booming drive, he misses , Anderson knocks back offstump, top bowling this 263/8 | ||||||||
| WD Parnell | not out | 10 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| DW Steyn | not out | 17 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 130.76 | |
| Extras | (lb 8, w 5, nb 1) | 14 | ||||||
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| Total | (9 wickets; 50 overs) | 301 | (6.02 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-42 (Gibbs, 6.6 ov), 2-64 (Kallis, 11.5 ov), 3-142 (de Villiers, 25.5 ov), 4-206 (Duminy, 36.6 ov), 5-230 (Boucher, 40.1 ov), 6-255 (Morkel, 44.1 ov), 7-255 (Botha, 44.3 ov), 8-263 (van der Merwe, 45.2 ov), 9-274 (Smith, 46.5 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JM Anderson | 10 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 4.20 | (1nb, 4w) | ||
6.6 to Gibbs, Gibbs holes out to mid-on, gets on the backfoot to pull that ball, bottom hand comes off the bat as he plays that, no power behind the shot and it lobs to mid-on 42/1 40.1 to Boucher, he gets rid of Boucher first ball! a shortish ball from Anderson, Boucher goes for the pull, misses and the ball rips out offstump 230/5 45.2 to van der Merwe, bowled him! a full ball, van der Merwe goes for the booming drive, he misses , Anderson knocks back offstump, top bowling this 263/8 | ||||||||
| G Onions | 7 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 7.42 | |||
| SCJ Broad | 10 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 6.70 | (1w) | ||
11.5 to Kallis, Denly takes the catch to dismiss Kallis, who perishes to a similar shot as Denly himself, swung around to deep square leg, Kallis needed better placement, that's a big blow 64/2 44.3 to Botha, Botha is gone, and South Africa are heading for the exit door, back of length ball, Botha looks to smack it to the leg side, mishits it and it ends as a simple catch at mid-off 255/7 46.5 to Smith, this could be the end for South Africa, Smith's heroic innings comes to an end, Smith backed away and looked to smash that to midwicket, top edges it to mid-on, the crowd gives Smith a standing ovation 274/9 | ||||||||
| LJ Wright | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6.20 | |||
| PD Collingwood | 10 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 5.80 | |||
25.5 to de Villiers, de Villiers picks out Denly at midwicket, a length delivery, de Villiers hoicks it off the back foot, not enough power to clear the short boundary, and the waiting Denly holds on to a simple catch 142/3 | ||||||||
| GP Swann | 8 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 5.37 | |||
36.6 to Duminy, quicker arm ball takes out Duminy, Duminy goes for the cut, bottom edges it from offstump to the base of legstump 206/4 | ||||||||
| Match details |
| Toss England, who chose to bat Points England 2, South Africa 0 |
| Player of the match OA Shah (England) |
| Umpires SJ Davis (Australia) and AL Hill (New Zealand) TV umpire BF Bowden (New Zealand) Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire Asad Rauf (Pakistan) |
New Zealand manage to win a match and keeps their hope alive for semi-final. New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by 38 runs to win the Group B encounter here on Sunday. For New Zealand JD Ryder and BB McCullumgave flying start of 125 runs partnership for 1st wicket, and then came MJ Guptill who also played well 66 runs innging. ST Jayasuriya manages to get 3 wickets. For Sri Lanka DPMD Jayawardene & KMDN Kulasekara played well but coulnot chane the fortune of the team. Eventually Sri Lanka is well short of 38 runs
| New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| BB McCullum | c Dilshan b Mathews | 46 | 102 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 63.88 | |
| 21.5 Baz too is gone. Two quick wickets as Sri Lanka try to claw their way back into the game. McCullum tried to turn a length delivery to the on side but gets a leading edge towards backward point where Dilshan lunges forward to grab it 128/2 | ||||||||
| JD Ryder | c †Sangakkara b Kulasekara | 74 | 96 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 127.58 | |
| 19.6 Ryder falls after a fab knock. He goes for a big swing across the line but edges it to Sangakkara. What a fine start he has given NZ, though. 125/1 | ||||||||
| MJ Guptill | b Malinga | 66 | 123 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 86.84 | |
| 47.6 Clatter! The stumps are in disarray. Yep, it was the yorker. Nice, fast, straight and at the base of the off and middle stump line. Fine innings from Guptill ends. 284/7 | ||||||||
| LRPL Taylor | c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 | |
| 22.5 Boy o Boy, Sri Lanka are roaring back into the game. Triple strike. It was floated outside off stump, he leans forward to push hard at it and it balloons off the outer edge off the shoulder of the bat to backward point. Gone! Wobble time for NZ. 133/3 | ||||||||
| GD Elliott | lbw b Mathews | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 23.5 Dead plumb in front. Nailed him in front of middle. It was fullish delivery sliding towards middle, Elliot was on the shuffle, trying to work it across the line, misses it and has to return to the hutch. What a collapse. 140/4 | ||||||||
| NT Broom | c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya | 15 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| 30.2 What a tame dismissal. They seem to be out doing each other. Short and wide, cut weakly, a dolly of a catch, to backward point. Sanath can't believe it himself 161/5 | ||||||||
| DL Vettori | c sub (CK Kapugedera) b Jayasuriya | 48 | 48 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 109.09 | |
| 41.4 Sort of tame dismissal again. It was floated full outside off, Vettori chips it straightly to long-on. He didn't hit it hard, neither did he go along the ground but he just chipped it straight to the fielder 230/6 | ||||||||
| JEC Franklin | not out | 28 | 41 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| KD Mills | not out | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 300.00 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 2, w 8, nb 3) | 16 | ||||||
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| Total | (7 wickets; 50 overs) | 315 | (6.30 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat DR Tuffey, SE Bond |
| Fall of wickets1-125 (Ryder, 19.6 ov), 2-128 (McCullum, 21.5 ov), 3-133 (Taylor, 22.5 ov), 4-140 (Elliott, 23.5 ov), 5-161 (Broom, 30.2 ov), 6-230 (Vettori, 41.4 ov), 7-284 (Guptill, 47.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| KMDN Kulasekara | 7 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 7.42 | (1w) | ||
19.6 to Ryder, Ryder falls after a fab knock. He goes for a big swing across the line but edges it to Sangakkara. What a fine start he has given NZ, though. 125/1 | ||||||||
| T Thushara | 7 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 7.14 | (2nb, 4w) | ||
| SL Malinga | 10 | 0 | 85 | 1 | 8.50 | (2w) | ||
47.6 to Guptill, Clatter! The stumps are in disarray. Yep, it was the yorker. Nice, fast, straight and at the base of the off and middle stump line. Fine innings from Guptill ends. 284/7 | ||||||||
| BAW Mendis | 9 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 5.44 | (1nb) | ||
| AD Mathews | 6 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 5.50 | |||
21.5 to McCullum, Baz too is gone. Two quick wickets as Sri Lanka try to claw their way back into the game. McCullum tried to turn a length delivery to the on side but gets a leading edge towards backward point where Dilshan lunges forward to grab it 128/2 23.5 to Elliott, Dead plumb in front. Nailed him in front of middle. It was fullish delivery sliding towards middle, Elliot was on the shuffle, trying to work it across the line, misses it and has to return to the hutch. What a collapse. 140/4 | ||||||||
| ST Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 3.90 | |||
22.5 to Taylor, Boy o Boy, Sri Lanka are roaring back into the game. Triple strike. It was floated outside off stump, he leans forward to push hard at it and it balloons off the outer edge off the shoulder of the bat to backward point. Gone! Wobble time for NZ. 133/3 30.2 to Broom, What a tame dismissal. They seem to be out doing each other. Short and wide, cut weakly, a dolly of a catch, to backward point. Sanath can't believe it himself 161/5 41.4 to Vettori, Sort of tame dismissal again. It was floated full outside off, Vettori chips it straightly to long-on. He didn't hit it hard, neither did he go along the ground but he just chipped it straight to the fielder 230/6 | ||||||||
| SHT Kandamby | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| Sri Lanka innings (target: 316 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| TM Dilshan | c sub (JS Patel) b Mills | 41 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 132.25 | |
| 8.5 Dilshan falls after an electrifying cameo. It was the short lifting delivery that climbs on him and he mistimed the hook straight to deep square-leg. The other day he said, his wife keeps telling him don't hook don't hook and that he says yes but goes to do exactly that! And he has fallen to that shot now. Having said that, that's the shot that fetches him lots and lots of runs. No use shelving that. But but .. you should listen to your wife now and then I say! 67/2 | ||||||||
| ST Jayasuriya | c Mills b Tuffey | 24 | 32 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| 7.5 And he has combusted now. Couldn't escape the adrenalin rush. He moved down the track and tried to pull a shorter delivery over midwicket but top-edged it straight up to midwicket. 66/1 | ||||||||
| KC Sangakkara | c Taylor b Franklin | 11 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 84.61 | |
| 12.3 Sanga is gone now! 85 for 3 and wobble time. Sanga walked down the track and towards the off side, Franklin shortened the length and hit the deck outside off. Sanga pushed hard at it and edged to first slip. 85/3 | ||||||||
| DPMD Jayawardene | b Vettori | 77 | 138 | 85 | 6 | 2 | 90.58 | |
| 38.2 Dan the man strikes with a big wicket! He pushed this one through quicker, Mahela was looking to lift it over the off-side field but missed it completely. Clatter! The off stump is pegged back. it landed on a length on the off and middle line and crashed into the off stump. Excellent knock but he has to go now. New Zealand move ahead in this fascinating game. 219/7 | ||||||||
| TT Samaraweera | c Broom b Vettori | 17 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 94.44 | |
| 18.4 Aha! Vettori gets his man on a similar shot. It was a similar delivery, Samaraweera went for that cut again but this one bounced a bit more on him and he cut it straight to backward point. Dan the man has a triumphant smile. 114/4 | ||||||||
| SHT Kandamby | run out (Vettori/Elliott) | 11 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 57.89 | |
| 24.3 Vettori to Jayawardene, Kandamby is run out. What a mix up. it was turned towards deep midwicket, they completed the first run, turned for the second and the hesitation started here. A slight stutter, brief pause from both before they scamper across but Kandamby doesn't make it in time 137/5 | ||||||||
| AD Mathews | c Guptill b Franklin | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| 27.2 Angelo crashes out of the chase. He took a step forward and went for a big lofted off drive but the bottom-hand came off the handle and he ended up punching the ball straight to short extra cover 141/6 | ||||||||
| KMDN Kulasekara | not out | 57 | 92 | 56 | 2 | 4 | 101.78 | |
| T Thushara | c Guptill b Mills | 11 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 78.57 | |
| 42.1 And then they were two. It was the short-of-length delivery angling across from Thushara who top-edged the pull to square-leg 243/8 | ||||||||
| SL Malinga | c Taylor b Mills | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 150.00 | |
| 44.6 Just one more wicket now for NZ to wrap things up. Malinga swings a full toss straight to long-on. Gone! 54 from 30 but looks a distant dream now 262/9 | ||||||||
| BAW Mendis | c Vettori b Tuffey | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| 46.4 And it's all over. Full delivery, dragged straight to mid-on. Fine win for NZ. The group is split wide open. Sri Lanka are virtually out of this tournament. Sorrow and joy collide. 277/10 | ||||||||
| Extras | (lb 2, w 5, nb 1) | 8 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 46.4 overs) | 277 | (5.93 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-66 (Jayasuriya, 7.5 ov), 2-67 (Dilshan, 8.5 ov), 3-85 (Sangakkara, 12.3 ov), 4-114 (Samaraweera, 18.4 ov), 5-137 (Kandamby, 24.3 ov), 6-141 (Mathews, 27.2 ov), 7-219 (Jayawardene, 38.2 ov), 8-243 (Thushara, 42.1 ov), 9-262 (Malinga, 44.6 ov), 10-277 (Mendis, 46.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| KD Mills | 10 | 0 | 69 | 3 | 6.90 | (1w) | ||
8.5 to Dilshan, Dilshan falls after an electrifying cameo. It was the short lifting delivery that climbs on him and he mistimed the hook straight to deep square-leg. The other day he said, his wife keeps telling him don't hook don't hook and that he says yes but goes to do exactly that! And he has fallen to that shot now. Having said that, that's the shot that fetches him lots and lots of runs. No use shelving that. But but .. you should listen to your wife now and then I say! 67/2 42.1 to Thushara, And then they were two. It was the short-of-length delivery angling across from Thushara who top-edged the pull to square-leg 243/8 44.6 to Malinga, Just one more wicket now for NZ to wrap things up. Malinga swings a full toss straight to long-on. Gone! 54 from 30 but looks a distant dream now 262/9 | ||||||||
| SE Bond | 9 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 9.11 | (1w) | ||
| DR Tuffey | 8.4 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 4.50 | (3w) | ||
7.5 to Jayasuriya, And he has combusted now. Couldn't escape the adrenalin rush. He moved down the track and tried to pull a shorter delivery over midwicket but top-edged it straight up to midwicket. 66/1 46.4 to Mendis, And it's all over. Full delivery, dragged straight to mid-on. Fine win for NZ. The group is split wide open. Sri Lanka are virtually out of this tournament. Sorrow and joy collide. 277/10 | ||||||||
| JEC Franklin | 9 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 4.44 | (1nb) | ||
12.3 to Sangakkara, Sanga is gone now! 85 for 3 and wobble time. Sanga walked down the track and towards the off side, Franklin shortened the length and hit the deck outside off. Sanga pushed hard at it and edged to first slip. 85/3 27.2 to Mathews, Angelo crashes out of the chase. He took a step forward and went for a big lofted off drive but the bottom-hand came off the handle and he ended up punching the ball straight to short extra cover 141/6 | ||||||||
| DL Vettori | 10 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 4.50 | |||
18.4 to Samaraweera, Aha! Vettori gets his man on a similar shot. It was a similar delivery, Samaraweera went for that cut again but this one bounced a bit more on him and he cut it straight to backward point. Dan the man has a triumphant smile. 114/4 38.2 to Jayawardene, Dan the man strikes with a big wicket! He pushed this one through quicker, Mahela was looking to lift it over the off-side field but missed it completely. Clatter! The off stump is pegged back. it landed on a length on the off and middle line and crashed into the off stump. Excellent knock but he has to go now. New Zealand move ahead in this fascinating game. 219/7 | ||||||||
| Match details |
| Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field Points New Zealand 2, Sri Lanka 0 |
| Player of the match DL Vettori (New Zealand) |
| Umpires IJ Gould (England) and DJ Harper (Australia) TV umpire Aleem Dar (Pakistan) Match referee J Srinath (India) Reserve umpire SJA Taufel (Australia) |
Pakistan Played excellent cricket throughout the day and defeated India by 54 runs. S Malik's brilliant 128 runs and 206 runs partnership with Md. Yousuf is amazing. In Bowling also Pakistan bowlers seems to be more targeted then Indian counterpart. Batting first Pakistan gave a target of 303 runs to India to win. But India bundled out on just 248 a well short by 54 runs. By this victory Pakistan became 1st team in Group A to enter in Semi-Finals. India need to win match against Australia on 28th september to remain in the race of Champions Trophy title.
| Pakistan innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Imran Nazir | c Harbhajan Singh b Nehra | 20 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 117.64 | |
| 4.2 India strike. The Indian section in the crowd roar. Imran Nazir falls after a delightful cameo. It bounced from short of length on the off stump line, angling away, Imran went for the pull but top edged it to mid-on where Harbhajan screams in joy after taking it. A thrilling innings, that promised so much more, comes to an end. 29/1 | ||||||||
| Kamran Akmal | b Nehra | 19 | 39 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 86.36 | |
| 8.5 Dragged on! It was pushed across Akmal who went for the forcing shot on the off side but ended up dragging it to his stumps . He didn't pick the length properly this time. The batsman always feels a touch unlucky when he gets out this way but that's that. he was looking pretty solid out there but he is gone now. 53/2 | ||||||||
| Younis Khan | c †Dhoni b Singh | 20 | 50 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 60.60 | |
| 14.4 That round the stumps angle works for RP. He started it during the tour of England, it helped him then and it has helped him now. It straightened a bit outside off from back of length and Younis nowhere close to the ball, lunged out at it and stabbed it off the outer edge to Dhoni. India have got back into the game really well after that fine start from Akmal and Imran. 65/3 | ||||||||
| Shoaib Malik | c Pathan b Harbhajan Singh | 128 | 173 | 126 | 16 | 0 | 101.58 | |
| 48.6 he holes out after a potentially match-winning knock. he charged down the track but lifts it straight to long-on. He was under huge pressure from critics before this game, started slowly but steadily grew in confidence to play several sparkling shot later on. Well played sir. 300/7 | ||||||||
| Mohammad Yousuf | b Nehra | 87 | 128 | 88 | 7 | 0 | 98.86 | |
| 45.6 Done in by the slightly slower one. Yousuf moved outside leg and went through with the cut shot too early. He is not too happy with himself but what a fine innings this has been. He was the man who turned things around for Pakistan today. In his last nine ODI innings he had scored 185 - average 20.55, highest 43 .. what a time to turn it all around. Classy knock. Great to watch. Enter Shahid Afridi. 271/4 | ||||||||
| Shahid Afridi | c †Dhoni b Pathan | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 | |
| 46.6 And he is gone now. He moved outside leg stump and tried to force it to the off side but edged it to Dhoni. Four and out. Afridi has come and gone. 278/5 | ||||||||
| Umar Akmal | c †Dhoni b Nehra | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 47.5 Akmal falls first ball. A slower one, full outside off stump, Akmal moves outside leg and has a big swing to the on side and edges it behind. 289/6 | ||||||||
| Naved-ul-Hasan | not out | 11 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 137.50 | |
| Umar Gul | c Raina b Sharma | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 49.3 fullish, around off stump, edges the intended heave to Raina at backward point. 301/8 | ||||||||
| Mohammad Aamer | c Kohli b Sharma | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 49.5 moves outside leg, Ishant slips in a slower one full outside leg, chipped straight to mid-on 302/9 | ||||||||
| Saeed Ajmal | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 12) | 13 | ||||||
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| Total | (9 wickets; 50 overs) | 302 | (6.04 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-29 (Imran Nazir, 4.2 ov), 2-53 (Kamran Akmal, 8.5 ov), 3-65 (Younis Khan, 14.4 ov), 4-271 (Mohammad Yousuf, 45.6 ov), 5-278 (Shahid Afridi, 46.6 ov), 6-289 (Umar Akmal, 47.5 ov), 7-300 (Shoaib Malik, 48.6 ov), 8-301 (Umar Gul, 49.3 ov), 9-302 (Mohammad Aamer, 49.5 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| A Nehra | 10 | 0 | 55 | 4 | 5.50 | |||
4.2 to Imran Nazir, India strike. The Indian section in the crowd roar. Imran Nazir falls after a delightful cameo. It bounced from short of length on the off stump line, angling away, Imran went for the pull but top edged it to mid-on where Harbhajan screams in joy after taking it. A thrilling innings, that promised so much more, comes to an end. 29/1 8.5 to Kamran Akmal, Dragged on! It was pushed across Akmal who went for the forcing shot on the off side but ended up dragging it to his stumps . He didn't pick the length properly this time. The batsman always feels a touch unlucky when he gets out this way but that's that. he was looking pretty solid out there but he is gone now. 53/2 45.6 to Mohammad Yousuf, Done in by the slightly slower one. Yousuf moved outside leg and went through with the cut shot too early. He is not too happy with himself but what a fine innings this has been. He was the man who turned things around for Pakistan today. In his last nine ODI innings he had scored 185 - average 20.55, highest 43 .. what a time to turn it all around. Classy knock. Great to watch. Enter Shahid Afridi. 271/4 47.5 to Umar Akmal, Akmal falls first ball. A slower one, full outside off stump, Akmal moves outside leg and has a big swing to the on side and edges it behind. 289/6 | ||||||||
| RP Singh | 9 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 6.55 | (2w) | ||
14.4 to Younis Khan, That round the stumps angle works for RP. He started it during the tour of England, it helped him then and it has helped him now. It straightened a bit outside off from back of length and Younis nowhere close to the ball, lunged out at it and stabbed it off the outer edge to Dhoni. India have got back into the game really well after that fine start from Akmal and Imran. 65/3 | ||||||||
| I Sharma | 8 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 4.87 | (1w) | ||
49.3 to Umar Gul, fullish, around off stump, edges the intended heave to Raina at backward point. 301/8 49.5 to Mohammad Aamer, moves outside leg, Ishant slips in a slower one full outside leg, chipped straight to mid-on 302/9 | ||||||||
| V Kohli | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7.00 | |||
| YK Pathan | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 5.60 | |||
46.6 to Shahid Afridi, And he is gone now. He moved outside leg stump and tried to force it to the off side but edged it to Dhoni. Four and out. Afridi has come and gone. 278/5 | ||||||||
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 0 | 71 | 1 | 7.10 | (5w) | ||
48.6 to Shoaib Malik, he holes out after a potentially match-winning knock. he charged down the track but lifts it straight to long-on. He was under huge pressure from critics before this game, started slowly but steadily grew in confidence to play several sparkling shot later on. Well played sir. 300/7 | ||||||||
| India innings (target: 303 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Gambhir | run out (Younis Khan) | 57 | 59 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 123.91 | |
| 13.5 Umar Gul to Dravid, Gambhir is run out! It was pushed towards mid-off where Younis Khan swoops on the ball and fires in a direct hit to take out Gambhir. Have to see the replay to see who called whom. Neither batsman ran too far out but Gambhir couldn't get back in time. There was no run it as Younis was standing pretty close.. huge strike for Pakistan. Gambhir was batting like a dream but he is gone now. Ok replays in. Dravid took couple of steps with the shot and shouted out no .. Gambhir too had not run far off but he didn't make frantic effort to get back in.... 90/2 | ||||||||
| SR Tendulkar | c †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Aamer | 8 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| 4.1 Aamer has taken out Sachin. Aamer is delighted to say the least as he looks up to the skies and screams in joy. It was slightly slower perhaps, cutting away from Tendulkar who pushes at it but the ball angles away, kisses the edge and Akmal lunges to his right to take the catch. What a start from the youngster. Tendulkar was caught at the crease; neither forward nor back , was dragged sideways and succumbed. 23/1 | ||||||||
| R Dravid | run out (Umar Gul/†Kamran Akmal) | 76 | 160 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 73.78 | |
| 41.6 from Naved-ul-Hasan, Dravid is run out. It was a low dipping slower one, full outside off, Dravid lunged out to drive it through covers. Harbhajan called him for the third run and sent him back ... yes and no ... Dravid is also cramped up as he tries to get back and lunges in the end but Akmal breaks the stumps. Good throw from Gul from the deep. Third umpire says, rightly, that's out. Dravid looks pretty shattered as he walks back. Good innings ... close but no cigar 238/7 | ||||||||
| V Kohli | c Umar Gul b Shahid Afridi | 16 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| 21.3 Kohli rushes down the track and lofts it high towards long-off where Gul is stationed. Gul back-pedals to catch it but it bounds off his palms .. Gul swoops down to catch it but it again bounces off his palms but he nails it the third time! 126/3 | ||||||||
| MS Dhoni | lbw b Shahid Afridi | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| 23.5 Afridi nails his man this time. He had a huge shout for lbw few balls before but Dhoni survived that. Dhoni again skipped down the track and yet again, missed the wristy dab to the on side. The ball turned towards the middle stump and hit him low on the pad. Taufel sends Dhoni on his way. Two quick wickets and Pakistan move ahead in the contest. That's plumb. It would have taken out the middle 133/4 | ||||||||
| SK Raina | lbw b Saeed Ajmal | 46 | 49 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 112.19 | |
| 34.6 really quick delivery, almost a yorker gets Raina who is not too pleased. He reckons there is some inside edge. Pad or bat first. First quick replay is not too conclusive. He was trying to dig it out and it hit both bat and pad. What did it hit first? Will confirm after replays. Huge wicket. Raina was playing very well. This fascinating game continues to see-saw. Replays in. Tough to call here. there was boot, bat and ball all close together! and then the bat and pad jammed almost simultaneously. Very close call .. Bob Willis reckons there was no boot and it hit the bat marginally ahead of pad. Not every one is sure. Very tough call. 205/5 | ||||||||
| YK Pathan | c sub (Misbah-ul-Haq) b Mohammad Aamer | 5 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| 38.2 And Yusuf edges straight to that lone wide, almost third, slip! Aamer strikes. It was full and moving away from Yusuf who tries to swing it over mid-on and gets a fat edge. Gone! 218/6 | ||||||||
| Harbhajan Singh | b Saeed Ajmal | 13 | 34 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 59.09 | |
| 44.5 Pakistan win by 54 runs! Harbhajan Singh goes for the reverse sweep and misses it completely. And the crowd rush into the middle and the players who were about to get into a celebratory huddle rush away to the safety of the boundary. Fine win for Pakistan. Yousuf and Malik set it up with their outstanding partnership before the bowlers did enough to do the job. 248/10 | ||||||||
| RP Singh | c Mohammad Yousuf b Naved-ul-Hasan | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| 43.4 A slower one and RP has a big swing at this and skies it towards deep midwicket ... Yousuf rushes in from the deep to take a neat catch . Pakistan inch closer 243/8 | ||||||||
| I Sharma | b Naved-ul-Hasan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 43.6 Clatter! The yorker disturbs the furniture. Ishant can't get his bat down in time adn the leg stump is uprooted. Just one more wicket now for Pakistan 244/9 | ||||||||
| A Nehra | not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 11, nb 7) | 22 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 44.5 overs) | 248 | (5.53 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-23 (Tendulkar, 4.1 ov), 2-90 (Gambhir, 13.5 ov), 3-126 (Kohli, 21.3 ov), 4-133 (Dhoni, 23.5 ov), 5-205 (Raina, 34.6 ov), 6-218 (Pathan, 38.2 ov), 7-238 (Dravid, 41.6 ov), 8-243 (Singh, 43.4 ov), 9-244 (Sharma, 43.6 ov), 10-248 (Harbhajan Singh, 44.5 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Mohammad Aamer | 8 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 5.75 | (3nb, 3w) | ||
4.1 to Tendulkar, Aamer has taken out Sachin. Aamer is delighted to say the least as he looks up to the skies and screams in joy. It was slightly slower perhaps, cutting away from Tendulkar who pushes at it but the ball angles away, kisses the edge and Akmal lunges to his right to take the catch. What a start from the youngster. Tendulkar was caught at the crease; neither forward nor back , was dragged sideways and succumbed. 23/1 38.2 to Pathan, And Yusuf edges straight to that lone wide, almost third, slip! Aamer strikes. It was full and moving away from Yusuf who tries to swing it over mid-on and gets a fat edge. Gone! 218/6 | ||||||||
| Naved-ul-Hasan | 9 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 5.33 | (1w) | ||
43.4 to Singh, A slower one and RP has a big swing at this and skies it towards deep midwicket ... Yousuf rushes in from the deep to take a neat catch . Pakistan inch closer 243/8 43.6 to Sharma, Clatter! The yorker disturbs the furniture. Ishant can't get his bat down in time adn the leg stump is uprooted. Just one more wicket now for Pakistan 244/9 | ||||||||
| Umar Gul | 6 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 9.16 | (3nb, 1w) | ||
| Saeed Ajmal | 8.5 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 3.50 | (1w) | ||
34.6 to Raina, really quick delivery, almost a yorker gets Raina who is not too pleased. He reckons there is some inside edge. Pad or bat first. First quick replay is not too conclusive. He was trying to dig it out and it hit both bat and pad. What did it hit first? Will confirm after replays. Huge wicket. Raina was playing very well. This fascinating game continues to see-saw. Replays in. Tough to call here. there was boot, bat and ball all close together! and then the bat and pad jammed almost simultaneously. Very close call .. Bob Willis reckons there was no boot and it hit the bat marginally ahead of pad. Not every one is sure. Very tough call. 205/5 44.5 to Harbhajan Singh, Pakistan win by 54 runs! Harbhajan Singh goes for the reverse sweep and misses it completely. And the crowd rush into the middle and the players who were about to get into a celebratory huddle rush away to the safety of the boundary. Fine win for Pakistan. Yousuf and Malik set it up with their outstanding partnership before the bowlers did enough to do the job. 248/10 | ||||||||
| Shahid Afridi | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 3.90 | (1w) | ||
21.3 to Kohli, Kohli rushes down the track and lofts it high towards long-off where Gul is stationed. Gul back-pedals to catch it but it bounds off his palms .. Gul swoops down to catch it but it again bounces off his palms but he nails it the third time! 126/3 23.5 to Dhoni, Afridi nails his man this time. He had a huge shout for lbw few balls before but Dhoni survived that. Dhoni again skipped down the track and yet again, missed the wristy dab to the on side. The ball turned towards the middle stump and hit him low on the pad. Taufel sends Dhoni on his way. Two quick wickets and Pakistan move ahead in the contest. That's plumb. It would have taken out the middle 133/4 | ||||||||
| Shoaib Malik | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 | (1nb) | ||
| Match details |
| Toss Pakistan, who chose to bat Points Pakistan 2, India 0 |
| Player of the match Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) |
| Umpires SJ Davis (Australia) and SJA Taufel (Australia) TV umpire IJ Gould (England) Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire DJ Harper (Australia) |