18 March, 2011

Dutch post 306 all out against Ireland


 Put in to bat, the Netherlands made 306 all out against Ireland in their World Cup Group B match against Ireland at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday. Live score
The Dutch side, who is yet to open their account in the 2011 World Cup, although, lost early wickets but the batsmen resurrected the Dutch side and with cumulative efforts posted a respectable score on the board against Ireland.
Earlier, Ireland skipper William Porterfield won the toss and elected to bowl against the Netherlands.
The Netherlands brought in medium pacer Bernard Loots in place of hardhitting batsman Tom de Grooth in the only change to the team that played against Bangladesh in Chittagong in their previous match.
Ireland retained the XI that played against South Africa.
From five matches each, Ireland have two points while the Netherlands are yet to open their account.
Brief Score:
The Netherlands: 306 all out in 50 overs (Ryan ten Doeschate 106, Peter Borren 84, J Mooney 2/59, P Stirling 2/51). 
Teams
Ireland: William Porterfield (c), Paul Stirling, Ed Joyce, Niall O'Brien (wk), Gary Wilson, Kevin O'Brien, Alex Cusack, John Mooney, George Dockrell, Trent Johnston and Boyd Rankin.
The Netherlands: Peter Borren (c), Eric Swarczynski, Wesley Barresi (wk), Mudassar Bukhari, Tom Cooper, Ryan ten Doeschate, Alexei Kervezee, Bernard Loots, Atse Buurman, Pieter Seelaar, Adeel Raja.


17 March, 2011

Eng vs WI Live: Trott, Bell at crease vs West Indies



England are 94/2 in 15 overs with Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell at the crease against West Indies in their World Cup Group B match at the MA Chiadmbaram Stadium in Chepauk, Chennai on Thursday. Live Score
On the first ball of the ninth over West Indies pacer Andre Russell struck a lethal blow to send opener Matt Prior home. The good lenght ball that curved in slightly crashed into his stumps to dismiss him on 21. England lost their first wicket on 48/1.
There was more in store as Russell struck again to despatch skipper Andrew Strauss in the 12th over. The short ball lured him for a pull but the top edge sent him as Chris Gayle took a fine catch at mid-wicket. He fell for 39 and England fell to 79/2. 
England won the toss and elected to bat. England have five points from five matches with wins over South Africa and the Netherlands and a high- scoring tie against India, but will be eliminated in the first round if it loses to the West Indies.
West Indies have brought back Chris Gayle, who out of action in the last match due to an injury. He replaces Shivnarine Chanderpaul. The other replacement in their team is leg spinner Devendra Bishoo in place of left-arm spinner Nikita Miller.
England have made three changes in their team. Chirs Tremlett has been called in place of Ajmal Shahzad, off-spinner James Tredwell replaces paceman James Anderson and Luke Wright has been called in place of Paul Collingwood.
Teams:  

West Indies (Playing XI): Chris Gayle, Devon Smith, Darren Bravo, R Sarwan, Kieron Pollard, Darren Sammy(c), Devon Thomas(w), Sulieman Benn, Kemar Roach, Devendra Bishoo, Andre Russell 
England (Playing XI): Matt Prior(w), Andrew Strauss(c), Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Luke Wright, Eoin Morgan, Graeme Swann, Tim Bresnan, Chris Tremlett, James Tredwell  

Aus vs Can: Watson, Haddin help Australia beat Canada by 7 wickets



Shane Watson and Brad Haddin scored 183 runs for the first wicket as Australia beat Canada by 7 wickets in their World Cup Group A match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday. Score

Chasing 212, Australia reached home in the 35th over with Michael Clarke and Cameron White at the crease.

Earlier the two openers Watson and Haddin started off slowly aware of the fact that the target wasn't something that called for heavy hitting. But as the innings progressed the two upped the scoring rate.
Their innings even got a boost when Canada captain Ashish Bagai missed an easy stumping chance in the 20th over off Balaji Rao when Haddin was at the crease. Haddin had even got a reprieve early in the innings when Rizwan Cheema dropped him off Harvir Baidwan in the second over.

The two took the Batting Powerplay in the 21st over and scored 41 runs in it. But, the Aussie scoring rate spiked in the over that followed with both batsmen charging away at the opposition bowlers, who didn't have an answer to their shots. Their effort of breaking the partnership came a cropper due to some sloppy fielding by the fielders.

After much effort the Canadian bowlers managed to break their stand in the 29th over when a John Davison ball took the edge of Haddin's bat and keeper Bagai didn't miss it this time. Haddin scored 88 hitting 11 fours and two sixes on the way. Australia lost their fist wicket at the score of 183.

But as luck would have it the other opener Watson too departed in the very next over missing his century by six runs. He wanted to pull Baidwan for a six but the ball didn't quite come on to the bat and instead ended up giving a catch to Henry Osinde in the deep. Australia were 185/2 at the stage.

Skipper Ricky Ponting was the last man to go down on the day. He fell in the 35th over off Henry Osinde.

Michael Clarke and Cameron White were at the crease when Australia touched the meagre 212-run target on the penultimate ball of the 35th over which turned out to be a wide ball.

Canada innings

Earlier, Hiral Patel scored a fine 54 as Canada posted 211 after electing to bat. But before that experienced paceman Brett Lee drew first blood by scalping Canada opener John Davison (14 runs) in the fourth over 41/1. But the surprising part was the Canadian run rate, which was tottering above 10 runs an over at this stage.

Post that wicket, the Canadian opener Hiral Patel and Zubin Surkari got busy with a partnership with Patel leading the way. Batting with resolve he went after the Aussie paceman and got rewarded. The best part about the 19-year old cricketer's batting was that he didn't shy away from hitting those odd ball to the boundary.

Finally, Patel's innings came to an end post his quick-fire half-ton in the 12th over. An edge off Shane Watson was taken by Mitchell Johnson in the deep. His 54 that came off just 45 balls was punctuated with five fours and three sixes. Canada were 82/2 at the stage.

Post Patel's dismissal, captain Ashish Bagai and Zubin Surkari got involved with a partnership. The two had put on 68 runs for the third wicket before Shaun Tait got the better of captain Bagai on 39. A short and wide ball saw Bagai reach out for a drive but ended up giving an edge to keeper Brad Haddin and Canada lost their third wicket on 150 in the 29th over

With new man Jimmy Hansra at the crease, Aussie spinner Jason Krejza got an opportunity to open his account and he got what he wanted. He removed Hansra in the very next over post Bagai's dismissal. And Canada were reduced to 157/4 in 30 overs.

Once again the change of pace worked for Australia with the next wicket falling to paceman Shaun Tait in the 31st over. A quicker ball pitched on the off and nipped in to take the inside edge of Zubin Surkari and crash into his stumps. He fell for 34 and Canada fell to 157/5.

Another over and another wicket, this time it was Brett Lee's turn to join the party and he did that by removing Rizwan Cheema with a slower ball and timber! Canada were 161/6 now. Lee finished with a four-wicket haul.

A little later, Mitchell Johnson sent back Nitish Kumar on 7 to reduce Canada to 169/7. From here in was just a matter of a few more minutes and Canada were walking back on 211 all out.

However, they can take heart from the fact that their batsmen stayed at the crease till almost the end of the innings as their last wicket Karl Whatham fell in the 46ht over. Even otherwise they batted pretty well on the day. Especially noteworthy was Hiral Patel's quick-fire half-century.

16 March, 2011

Aus vs Can Live: Patel, Surkari at crease vs Australia



Canada are 72/1 in 9 overs with Hiral Patel and Zubin Surkari at crease against Australia in their World Cup Group A match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday. Live Score
Canada won the toss and elected to bat. And as expected the Aussie pacers got busy with their pace work. Experienced paceman Brett Lee was the first to draw blood by scalping Canada opener John Davison (14 runs) in the fourth over 41/1. But, the surpsising part was the Canadian run rate, which was tottering above 10 runs an over at the stage.
Teams -  
Australia: Shane Watson, Brad Haddin(w), Ricky Ponting(c), Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Jason Krejza, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait 
Canada: Hiral Patel, John Davison, Zubin Surkari, Ashish Bagai(w/c), Jimmy Hansra, Rizwan Cheema, Nitish Kumar, Karl Whatham, Harvir Baidwan, Balaji Rao, Henry Osinde  

Aus vs Can Live: Aussie bowlers on charge against Canada


Canada Openers Hiral Patel and John Davison are at crease against Australia in their World Cup Group A match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday. Live Score
“Canada won the toss and elected to bat”.
Teams -  
Australia: Shane Watson, Brad Haddin(w), Ricky Ponting(c), Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Jason Krejza, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait 
Canada: Hiral Patel, John Davison, Zubin Surkari, Ashish Bagai(w/c), Jimmy Hansra, Rizwan Cheema, Nitish Kumar, Karl Whatham, Harvir Baidwan, Balaji Rao, Henry Osinde  

SA vs Ire: South Africa beat Ireland by 131 runs



Jean-Paul Duminy missed his century by one run as South Africa beat Ireland by a huge margin of 131 runs in their World Cup match in Group B at the Eden Gardens in Calcutta on Tuesday. Score
Chasing 273, Ireland was sent off for 141 in 33.2 overs.
Like South Africa, Ireland has also seen the opener William Porterfield back sooner than expected. A good length ball around the wicket which was also outside the Morne Morkel, and saw the left-hander Nick Graeme Smith to slip the ball when the score was 8 / 1 second from the last ball over.
South Africa could have had another early Morkel Paul Stirling any loss in the third over. But the joy was short for Team Ireland in the next, Morkel over amending and best of Stirling with respect Jacques Kallis final. Stirling has been reduced by 10 and South Africa has lost their window second with 19 / 2.

Then came a break in the case of South Africa was Bowling concerend as Ed Joyce and Niall O'Brien tried to build an innings. But the storm was not far and it took the form of Jacques Kallis. Kallis hit his fifth of the ball first to be sent to Niall on 10 and Ireland have lost their third wicket in the 35th
Spinners too much offie Johan Botha, claiming that Ed Joyce is a 51 / 4
Finally, Kevin O'Brien and Gary Wilson received a partnership. The duo had put on 41 runs for the fifth stop when another boat.
This time, a left-arm spinner Robin Peterson got rid of Kevin Killer "giant" on 19 to reduce Ireland to 92 / 5 in 22 overs. But her most was far from over, and the fifth of the ball even he got the second man who had received the partnership began. Wilson fell on 31 out of a LBW decision, even though the Irish team to lose their review. Ireland is now 95 / 6
A few minutes later, Peterson got rid of Alex Cusack to increase the equivalence of the three victims and reduce Ireland 107 / 7 From now on, things broke and the Irish team in the last three wickets fell to 34 space changes .
Peterson and Morkel finished three wickets a piece.
South Africa manga
Previously, JP Duminy made a fine 99 to put South Africa 272 / 7 on-board is a bat.
It 'turned out rather bad start for South Africans because they lost their opening Hashim Amla at the beginning. Amla fell looking to play off the top of Boyd Rankin. The ball took a thick profile of George Dockrell his bat and took a fine catch in deep. 18:17 He made balls. South Africa lost their first wicket with 18 / 1 and 5 as well.
The shift has begun to hatch when South Africa was reduced to 117 / 5 with their drummer shaped back in the pavilion.
Skipper Graeme Smith, who is in poor condition for a long time, was the second wicket by the end of the day. South Africa lost to him 52 / 2 and 10 Apart. Smith managed to score only seven works.
But there is more to come as Dockrell Morne van Wyk own upset and Jacques Kallis was run, and South Africa were reduced to 95 / 4 to 21 above.
Proteas fate was far from over. Faf du Plessis too soon came when the score had been 117 / 5. Paul Stirling balls flying out of out of stock, Plessis was drawn to play a shot and a wooden board was taken with ease by Trent Johnston in the slips cordon. South Africa has been reduced to 117 / 5 in the 27 th time.

Finally, while JP Duminy and Colin Ingram handles some stablity South Africa. But just when things were looking up to South Africa, Johnston struck again refer Ingram. A slower ball deceived him drummer who has a scan, but the ball and hit his stumps kept low to reduce South Africa to 204 / 6 at the 40th above. Ingram made 87 runs for the sixth wicket before Duminy out on the 46th
Towards the end Duminy, Johan Botha helped South Africa reach a decent total of Eden Gardens. The duo put on 65 runs for the window seven before Duminy was dropped by 99 while attempting a big hit in recent widest John Mooney. I had a lot of time and the ball ended up giving Johnston a power ball. Fell when the score was 269 in southern Africa.
Botha and Robin Petersen went undefeated to post acquisition help South Africa 272 / 7 and 50.

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