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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Misbah-ul-haq :(

KARACHI: Misbah-ul-Haq, the Mianwali-born batsman, imbued with so many talents, had never been given the additional blessing of a killer punch.
Twice in the World Twenty20 he brought Pakistan agonisingly close to beating India and on both occasions he fell just short of delivering the shot that would have taken his team through.
The first time, it didn’t really matter as Pakistan easily moved into the Super Eights in spite of a defeat against India in a bowl-out. But the second time — in the grand finale at the Wanderers on Monday — his inability to finish off the match broke millions of hearts in Pakistan and across the world.
Once again, he brought Pakistan back in business with a gem of an innings and once again he threw it away. Pakistan just needed six runs from the final four deliveries of an over bowled by the inexperienced Joginder Sharma. Almost all of his more orthodox shots had gone out of the field but still Misbah opted to loft the ball over wicket-keeper MS Dhoni’s head and spooned it straight to S Sreesanth at fine leg. Game over.
Misbah is no villain but the 33-year-old blew away a perfect opportunity of becoming a national hero, somebody who could be compared to the great Javed Miandad or the vastly-accomplished Wasim Akram — two of the biggest stars of Pakistan’s triumphant 1992 World Cup campaign in Australia, two match winners!
Pakistan should have won the final. This should have been their day. Everything was going right for them. Even the fact that Dhoni won the toss, a run-chase wasn’t a bad idea on a batting paradise especially after the bowlers restricted India to 157-5. But the batsmen, who played surprisingly well during the best part of the tournament, were unable to shine when it mattered the most.
Mohammad Hafeez, easily one of the most experienced twenty20 all-rounders in Pakistan, threw away his wicket and helped India make the sort of start they wanted in the match’s second innings. Imran Nazir did his bit but experienced campaigners Younis Khan and Shoaib Malik, the skipper, failed to play their roles. Both fell hitting rather careless shots and left Pakistan in deep trouble.
The worst came from Shahid Afridi, who had the dream opportunity of using his skills as a world famous pinch-hitter. He went for a first ball duck trying for a big one but only managing to hit it high and towards a fielder. Ironically, he was handed the player-of-the-tournament award, but for his performance as a bowler.
In the end, Team Pakistan once again showed that it still has a long way to go. After beating top class teams like Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand, one was expecting the Greenshirts to conquer India as well. But like Misbah, Team Pakistan also fell short just by five runs. What a heartbreak

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Live Scores India Vs New Zealand-Icc World Twenty20

ICC World Twenty20: New Zealand v India
16-09-2007 at Johannesburg

Here are the Live Scores India Vs New Zealand.

In Play
India won the toss and decided to field
New Zealand Innings
190 all out (20.0 overs)
India Innings
76 for 1 (6.1 overs)

Live Cricket Scores India Vs New Zealand Will be updated after every 3 overs.
Umpires: M R Benson, N J Llong
New Zealand: Vincent, McCullum, Fulton, Taylor, Styris, Oram, McMillan, Vettori, Bond, Gillespie, Patel
India: Sehwag, Uthappa, Gambhir, Yuvraj, Karthik, Dhoni, Pathan, Agarkar, Harbhajan, RP Singh, Sreesanth

Its time for Super-Eights|ICC World Twenty20

Icc World Twenty20-Super Eights Schedule and Live Scores

So, Its 16th September and we are going to have the Super-Eights starting from today. Yesterday, the last group match was played between South Africa Vs Bangladesh. Which resulted in host's favor,who won it by seven wickets.

We are having 3 very crucial and equally interesting matches today. First match of the day will be India Vs New Zealand, which will start at 13:30 IST at Johannesburg. Australia will face against Bangladesh in the second match at Capetown starting at 17:30 IST. In the third and last match, we'll see hosts South Africa taking on England. This match will also take place at Capetown at 21:30 IST.

As u know, There's no place for predictions in Cricket and when talking about Twenty20-not at all! But I still dare predicting the result of these matches. I think the Winners are going to be India,Australia and South Africa. Let's see how many of my predictions are going to be true:)

Not to forget that the Live Scores of all of the ICC world twenty20 Super-Eight matches will be available here. So you must visit this page at 13:30 IST for Live Scores India Vs New Zealand.

your comments regarding the matches and my efforts will be appreciated;)

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Situation after Pakistan Vs India match- ICC world Twenty20

I am sure,until now, you must have some idea regarding the match played between India Vs Pakistan last night. The match ended in a draw followed up by a shoot-out in which India beat Pakistan by 3-0. Mind you, I am not talking about soccer. Its World Twenty20(T20) dear;)

Well.........I'll will have a look at the super-eight rounds after that crucial match between India vs Pakistan.The teams,who have qualified and made their place into the Super-Eights of this Icc world twenty20 are:

Group-1

South Africa
India
New Zealand
England

Group-2

Australia
Pakistan
Srilanka
Bangladesh

Every team in the super-eights will play 3 matches against the rest of the teams in her group. Here is the Schedule of how the matches are going to be played.

Schedule ICC World Twenty20(T20)-Super Eights
16 New Zealand v India, Johannesburg (0900)-Live Scores India Vs New Zealand will be available here.

16 Australia v Bangladesh, Cape Town (1300)-Live Scores Australia Vs Bangladesh will be available here.

16 South Africa v England, Cape Town (1700)-Live Scores England Vs South Africa will be available here.

17 Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Johannesburg (1700) - Live Scores Srilanka Vs Pakistan will be available here.

18 New Zealand v England, Durban (0900)-Live Scores England Vs New Zealand Will be available here.

18 Australia v Pakistan, Johannesburg (1200)-Live Scores Pakistan Vs Australia will be available here.

18 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Johannesburg (1600)- Live Scores Srilanka Vs Bangladesh will be available here.

19 South Africa v New Zealand, Durban (1200)- Live Scores New Zealand Vs South Africa will be available here.

19 England v India, Durban (1600)-Live Scores India Vs England Will be available here.

20 Australia v Sri Lanka, Cape Town (0800)-Live Scores Srilanka Vs Australia will be available here.

20 Bangladesh v Pakistan, Cape Town (1200)-Live Scores Pakistan Vs Bangladesh Will be available here.

20 South Africa v India, Durban (1600)-Live Scores India Vs South Africa will be available here.

Working:
The two top teams from both the groups will lead to the semi-final stage whereas the rest of the teams will fly back home;)

I reckon it's going to be a very exciting and fascinating Super-Eight you have ever seen. So, keep enjoying and don't forget to hit back for Live Scores ICC world Twenty20(T20)

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Pakistan crush Scotland to gain their first victory

ICC World Twenty20 Group D, Durban: Pakistan 171-9 (20 overs) bt Scotland 120 (19.3 overs) by 51 runs.
Here are the Live Scores Pakistan Vs Scotland

The first match of the group D was played between Pakistan and Scotland which Pakistan won comfortably by 51 runs. Scotland won the toss and decided to field first.The conditions looked great for cricket, Sunny blue sky and little bit of wind across made it a perfect cricketing day.

Imran nazir and Salman butt (V.c) opened the batting for Pakistan. Both of the openers didn't look impressive at all. Scots opening bowlers did really well by restricting the Paki openers, who feared playing attackive cricket even in the first six power-play restricted overs. Both of the openers fell victim of Blain and scorecard looked like 24/2.

Pakistani batsmen didn't look like playing Twenty20 cricket. Score rate was just like 6rs/over and wickets falling at regular intervals until Shahid afridi came, who stood just for 7 balls, but made a valuable 22 runs including 2 sixes and 2 four.

Scotland bowled really well and they restricted Pakistan to just 171/9 in alloted 20 overs, Which is just average from twenty20's prespective.

When Scots came onto the field for batting, they started really well and were 52/2 at a stage until Shoaib malik brought their spinners on and Scotland batsmen started threwing their wickets away.

Shahid afridi and Umer Gul fetched four wickets each whereas Asif and Muhammad Hafeez got one.

Scotland captain Ryan Watson: "I thought we bowled well up front - we looked to get wickets in the first six overs, which we did - and walking off, I thought we'd done a good job.

"But they came out and bowled really well - their spinners did a great job and in the end it proved a bit too much.

"It's great experience. We're learning all the time. Hopefully we can take what we've learnt today and put it into practice tomorrow night [against India]."

Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik: "We did not bat as well as we are capable of in this game, but I knew we had the bowling to restrict Scotland.

"There are areas like batting and fielding we have to work on, but I am confident we will do well in the tournament."

Pakistan are expected to make some changes to their batting line-up as they will catch on the cricketing superpower India. Who do you feel if Pakistan should make changes or not? Do give your opinion in the form of comments and remember to visit the blog on friday for Live Scores Pakistan Vs India here.

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ICC World Twenty20: Pakistan v Scotland
12-09-2007 at Durban
Here are the Live Scores Pakistan Vs Scotland
Close
Pakistan beat Scotland by 51 runs
Scotland won the toss and decided to field
Pakistan Innings
171 for 9 (20.0 overs)
Scotland Innings
120 all out (19.5 overs)

Live Scores Pakistan Vs Scotland will be updated after around every 3 overs.

Do remeber to visit on friday for live scores India Vs pakistan.

Umpires: S J Davis, S J A Taufel
Pakistan: Butt, Nazir, Hafeez, Younis, Malik, Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Akmal, Asif, Gul, Arafat
Scotland: Watson, Watts, Poonia, Hamilton, McCallum, Brown, Smith, Haq, Wright, Blain, Nel
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Newzealand thrash poor lookin Kenya

ICC World Twenty20 Group C, Durban: New Zealand 74-1 (7.4 overs) beat Kenya 73 (16.5 overs) by nine wickets
Here are the Live Scores New Zealand Vs Kenya

New zealand made their way easier to the Super-8 round of the Icc World Twenty20 by thrashing Kenya by 9 wickets.

New zealand bowlers looked a bit too much for the poor african side who was unable to recover after getting into a horrible condition of 1/4 just after they were asked to open with the bat.Six of their batsmen failed to score a single run and returned to the pavilion with a duck.

Kenya were bowled out for, the lowest total in Twenty20 International, just 73. Mark Gillespie (Man of the match) took four wickets giving just 7 runs i.e 4-7 while Shane bond, Vettori and martin took 2 wickets each.

The kiwis, in relpy, just took 7.4 overs to reach the target as peter fulton rushed towards the target by hitting two successive sixes to end the game.

Live Scores Newzealand Vs Kenya- ICC World Twenty 20

ICC World Twenty20: New Zealand v Kenya
12-09-2007 at Durban
New Zealand beat Kenya by 9 wickets
New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
Kenya Innings
73 all out (16.5 overs)
New Zealand Innings
74 for 1 (7.4 overs)
Here are the Live Scores Newzealand Vs Kenya.

The Live Scores Newzealand Vs Kenya will updated after around every 3 over.

Umpires: B R Doctrove, S J A Taufel
New Zealand: McCullum, Vincent, Fulton, Taylor, Styris, Oram, McMillan, Vettori, Bond, Gillespie, Martin
Kenya: D Obuya, C Obuya, Mishra, Tikolo, Odoyo, Obanda, Kamande, Bhudia, Ouma, Odhiambo, Ongondo

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Gayle's record breaker couldn't help West Indies

ICC World Twenty20 Group A, Johannesburg: South Africa 208-2 (17.4 ovs) bt West Indies 205-6 (20 ovs) by 8 wkts
Here are the Live Scores-South Africa Vs West Indies-Icc World Twenty20

Chris gayle played an outstanding record breaker Innings of 117 in just 57 balls, giving the tournament a starter it deserved, But couldn't help his team earn a victory. And South Africa won the match by 8 wickets.

Southafrican start was not a perfect one. Captain Graeme Smith was hit painfully one the hand off the first ball. But the loose bowling from West Indies bowlers gave them a chance. West Indies looked really poor in the field. They slipped three catches and gave a record 23 wides in just 20 overs.

Gibbs was the Southafrican hero,who scored 90 runs with the help of 13 fours and 2 sixes.I think that the reason behind the Southafrican victory was team effort, which West Indies lacked to show. They had their innings backed on just one person Chris gayle whereas in case of South Africa, almost everybody participated in the job,therefore reaching the target at the cost of just two wickets with 14 balls to spare.

This really was a fantastic starter. And we hope to have some more excellent matches as the tournament goes further.
Be sure to visit my blog regularly for Live Scores,reviews and news regarding all of the matches of the tournament! I also expect some nice comments from you people:)

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Records flow as the first World T20 innings come to an end

ICC World Twenty20 Group A, Johannesburg: South Africa v West Indies 205-6 (20 ovs)
Here are the Live Scores-South africa VS West Indies-World twenty20

Chris gayle, as expected, boosted West Indies to 205-6 and became the first centurion and the highest run scorer in the short history of the twenty20 cricket. The record previously belonged to the aussie captain Ricky Ponting who scored 98* against South Africa.

Gayle scored blistering 117 runs in just 57 balls after West Indies lost the toss and were asked to open with the bat in the inaugural match of the inaugural version of ICC world Twenty20.

He smashed 10 sixes, another record , and 7 fours and shared a record opening partnership with devon smith,who scored 35 runs of 34 balls.

After this Chris gayle got out,trying to pull a short-one from pollock, the other batsmen were not comfortable facing the African pace attack and got out at regulat intervals. Hence the momentum fell down.

It can be comfortably said that had it not been for gayle, The hosts would have easily been in the driving seat.
Anyways, Its still a chaseable target and we expect a fine reply from SouthAfrica too :)

Live Scores-South Africa v West Indies-World Twenty20

ICC World Twenty20: Live Scores-South Africa v West Indies

Here are the Live Scores-Southafrica Vs West Indies

11-09-2007 at Johannesburg
South Africa beat West Indies by 8 wickets
South Africa won the toss and decided to field
West Indies Innings
205 for 6 (20.0 overs)
South Africa Innings
208 for 2 (17.4 overs)

The Live Scores- Southafrica Vs West Indies will be updated around after every 3 overs.

Umpires: M R Benson, D J Harper
South Africa: Smith, Gibbs, de Villiers, Boucher, Kemp, Pollock, A Morkel, van der Wath, Philander, Ntini, M Morkel
West Indies: Gayle, Smith, Chanderpaul, Samuels, Sarwan, Bravo, Ramdin, Smith, Powell, Rampaul, Edwards

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This blog will be broadcasting live cricket scores of all of the matches stated below. Be sure to check out the blog frequently in order to be updated with live scores pakistan vs India and all other fantastic cricket matches of this ICC world twenty20.

Group A: Bangladesh, South Africa (A1), West Indies (A2)
Group B: England (B2), Australia (B1), Zimbabwe
Group C: New Zealand (C1), Sri Lanka (C2), Kenya
Group D: India (D2), Pakistan (D1), Scotland

September

GROUP STAGE (all start times BST)

11 South Africa v West Indies, Johannesburg (1700)-Live scores Southafrica Vs west indies will be available here.

12 New Zealand v Kenya, Durban (0900)-Live Scores New zealand vs Kenya will be available here.

12 Pakistan v Scotland, Durban (1300)-Live scores Pakistan Vs Scotland will be available here.

12 Australia v Zimbabwe, Cape Town (1700)-Live scores Australia VS Zimbabwe will be available here.

13 West Indies v Bangladesh, Johannesburg (0900)-Live Scores WestIndies Vs Bangladesh will be available here.

13 England v Zimbabwe, Cape Town (1300) - Live Scores England Vs Zimbabwe will be available here.

13 India v Scotland, Durban (1700) - Live Scores India Vs Scotland will be available here.

14 Sri Lanka v Kenya , Johannesburg (0900)-Live Scores Srilanka VS Kenya will be available here.

14 Australia v England, Cape Town (1300) - Live Scores Australia Vs England will be available here.

14 India v Pakistan, Durban (1700) - Live Scores India VS Pakistan will be available here.

15 Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Johannesburg (1300)-Live Scores Srilanka Vs Newzealand will be available here.

15 South Africa v Bangladesh, Cape Town (1700)-Live Scores Southafrica Vs Bangladesh will be available here.

SUPER EIGHTS
NOTE: Seeds A1, B2, C1, D2 in one group, seeds A2, B1, C2, D1 in the other. If any non-seed qualifies from their group, they will replace the eliminated seeds in the draw

16 C1 v D2, Johannesburg (0900)

16 B1 v A2, Cape Town (1300)

16 A1 v B2, Cape Town (1700)

17 D1 v C2, Johannesburg (1700)

18 C1 v B2, Durban (0900)

18 B1 v D1, Johannesburg (1200)

18 A2 v C2, Johannesburg (1600)

19 A1 v C1, Durban (1200)

19 B2 v D2, Durban (1600)

20 B1 v C2, Cape Town (0800)

20 A2 v D1, Cape Town (1200)

20 A1 v D2, Durban (1600)

SEMI-FINALS/FINAL

22 1st semi-final, Cape Town (1200)

22 Semi-final, Durban (1600)

24 Final, Johannesburg (1200)

Live Scores of all of the matches will be available. Visit the blog regularly for more updates.

Twenty20 Worldcup ready for a take-off

Twenty20 cricket is the modern and very appealing form of Cricket. Its due to its amazing popularity that ICC has decided to organize Twenty2o International Worldcup. The first ever Twenty20 worldcup, held in SouthAfrica, is going to start from today.12 teams will participate in this Worldcup which will take approximately 2-weeks before its completion. Since its start in England in 2003, Cricket's shortest form has proved spectacular due to its fast paced kind of nature.

There will be a fantastic and colorful inauguration ceremony to kick-off the things. It will be broadcasted Live on all major sports channels throughout the world at around 2:30 GMT. All of the Pakistani viewers can watch it live and exclusive at Geo Super!

Around 2 hours after the inauguration ceremony we are going to have the first and today's mainevent match between WestIndies Vs Southafrica. Southafrica ,having quite an experience in Twenty20 cricket and home advantage, is considered as second favourite behind the ODI champion Australia.

All of the teams are divided in 4 groups(A,B,C & D) with each group constituting 3 teams. The top 2 teams from each group will take it over to the next round. The top eight teams in the 2nd round will be divided into two groups, where top two from each group will make it to the semi-finals.

Talking about the history of Twenty20 internationals ,only 19 matches have been played so far since the first Twenty20 international in February 2005. But even then almost whole world have recognised the growing popularity of this version of cricket, therefore having domestic twenty20 cricket tournaments in Pakistan, Southafrica, WestIndies with India soon joining the list.

The team combinations have changed quite a bit for this Twenty20 when compared against the regular One day Internationals. Indian batting stars Sourav ganguly, Rahul dravid and Sachin Tandulkar are sitting out while the dashing wicket-keeper batemen Mahindra Singh Dhoni has been promoted for the job of Captain. Dhoni has an amazing strike rate of around 98 in ODIs but is yet to score a single run in twenty20 Internationals.

Australia are going into the tournament without the legendry pacemen Mc.Grath, who recently retired from International arena, and the emerging player of the year 'Shaun Tait' but the speedstar Bret Lee,Who missed the ODI worldcup due to injury, is back in action this time.

Srilanka are forced to go into the tournament without the lethal Murali ,who is suffering from injury, while the hosts have surprisingly rested their star ODI all-rounder Jacque Kallis.

England have a bunch of ODI stars plus some Twenty20 specialists but their chance in the tournament will still be hovering over Flintoff's performance and fitness.

Pakistan, on paper, look to have a great side particularly targetting the Twenty20 situations. The team will be working under the new leadership of Shoaib malik. Pakistan have quite a no. of hard hitters like Afridi and Imran Nazir which really boost their chance in thier 20 overs Worldcup. But they will surely miss their speedster Shoaib Akhtar ( ahh...really???) who is back to pakistan after creating yet another issue. He was sent back to Pakistan after he thrashed Muhammad Asif with a bat.Just like Southafrica, Pakistan has also ommited their star Batsmen and 2007 test player of the year Muhammad Yousuf,who seems to join ICL this year.

Pakistan actually have the best record in this format with 3 wins out of four matches they played, while their Faisalabad wolves are the world club champions in Twenty20 cricket.

England,Pakistan,Srilanka,Zimbabwe and Australia are amongst the number of teams with coaches participating in their first major tournaments.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Shoaib sent home after Asif row

Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar has been sent home from the World Twenty 20 after a bust-up with Mohammad Asif.

Shoaib, who was already on probation for a disciplinary breach last month, confronted team-mate Asif during practice in Johannesburg on Thursday.

Shoaib admitted to hitting Asif with a bat, causing bruising to his left thigh and prompting a team investigation.

"A decision has been taken to call back Shoaib after an initial inquiry," said Pakistan chief executive Shafqat Nagmi.

"The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) fully endorses this decision. Shoaib Akhtar will be returning on the first available flight.
"No one will be spared if he flouts the rules and team spirit. What has happened is something that has shocked us."

Shoaib Akhtar said he intended to reveal more about the explosive clash shortly. "I was provoked and I will brief the media about it when I return home. I have never hit anyone like that and I am very sorry," the 32-year-old said.

"What happened was not good but I am a human being and what can happen in a random fit of anger, is unbelievable."

Naghmi added that a detailed inquiry into the "unfortunate incident" would be held when the player returned to Pakistan.

Shoaib's actions have been condemned by a number of former Pakistan stars.

"Senior players have a responsibility in the team and what Shoaib did was sad," Aamir Sohail commented.

"Anyone behaving like this should not be in the team. His act has brought shame to the team and the nation," said former fast bowler Waqar Younis

Rameez Raja, now a cricket commentator, said both players were "the temperamental type".

But he added: "This behaviour is not acceptable. I don't see him playing in the immediate future for Pakistan.

"I don't think he will get much support from the fans as well - people seem to be tired of his tantrums."

National Aacdemy coach Aaqib Javed said Shoaib should never be picked for Pakistan again.

"There must be a life ban imposed on him because this is anincident that has embarrassed all of us and is a black mark for our cricket community," he commented.

The incident occurred just five days before Pakistan play their opening World Twenty20 fixture against Scotland.
Media manager Dr Ehsan Malik insisted Asif would be fit to start that game, saying: "Asif has a bruise on his left thigh but he has had X-rays and has been cleared. He is fine as far as I know."

But Shoaib's future as an international cricketer could now be in doubt.

The 32-year-old was looking to relaunch his career after 16 months in which he has played just one Test and four one-dayers, mainly due to fitness problems.

He has been dogged by controversy for much of his career, and was banned for two years after failing a drugs test last October before having the suspension lifted on appeal.

Asif was also handed a reprieve after receiving a one-year ban for a similar offence.

Last month he was fined for leaving a training camp in Karachi without asking permission, though the penalty was suspended for two months and the bowler placed on a six-week probationary period, again on appeal.

Now we play on good batting tracks all the time, they've made laws about bouncers and free hits for a no-ball

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib also courted controversy on Thursday when he hit out at cricket's administrators, claiming rule changes and pitch conditions in the modern game favour batsmen over fast bowlers.

"Cricket should be about fast bowlers, not batsmen," he said. "Spectators like to see fast bowlers running in, hurting people, and pitches that make batsmen struggle for runs.

"But now we play on good batting tracks all the time, they've made laws about bouncers and free hits for a no-ball."

And it has emerged the Pakistan Cricket Board will refer Shoaib's comments to the "to the Disciplinary Committee for action under the Players Code of Conduct as contained in the Players contract".

A statement added: "The PCB is committed to a zero tolerance policy regarding indiscipline."

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Dravid buoyed by Flintoff absence

India captain Rahul Dravid believes the injury to Andrew Flintoff gives his side an excellent chance of winning the three-Test series with England.

Flintoff has 22 wickets in nine Tests against India and, as captain, took 3-14 as England won the final Test in Mumbai to level the series in 2005-6.

"Fast-bowling all-rounders are like gold and England have a problem replacing him," Dravid said.

"His absence makes things far more equal this time."

Flintoff is not expected to play any part in the three Tests, which begin at Lord's on 19 July and culminate at The Oval on 9 August, having undergone further surgery on his troublesome ankle.

"When England came to India last time he was brilliant," Dravid enthused. "He led really well and he was outstanding with bat and ball."

Things have not gone so well for Flintoff since that tour, however, losing the Ashes 5-0 as captain and then being stripped of the vice-captaincy at the World Cup after some well documented late night exertions.

I'll probably go with four bowlers in these conditions

Rahul Dravid

The charismatic 29-year-old is currently working hard to recuperate with long-term physio and mentor Dave Roberts and may feature in the seven-match one-day series beginning at The Rose Bowl on 21 August.

Dravid, meanwhile, believes England have been strengthened by the selection of Sussex wicket-keeper/batsman Matt Prior, who has scored a century and two fifties in his first six Test innings.

"Prior lends a lot of balance, but we've got to play the whole team. England are ranked second behind Australia so obviously they have a good set-up and I followed their series against West Indies closely."

Dravid, one of four India batsmen to pass fifty in the tour match against Sussex at Hove, is pleased with his team's preparation ahead of the match against England A at Chelmsford on 13 July and the forthcoming Test series.

"I know my best top six for the first Test and for the next game it will be clear," he said. "I'll probably go with four bowlers in these conditions and it's a tidy balance to find an all-rounder. It's a question to find that balance."

Live Cricket Scores- India dominant in Hove tour match

Tour match, Hove, day two (close): Sussex 146-5 v India 388-7d

County champions Sussex struggled to 146-5, 242 behind India after two days of the tour match at Hove.

VVS Laxman moved within five of a century, firing 12 fours in a 178-ball knock before Saqlain Mushtaq found some sharp turn and he edged to slip.

Former Paksitan spinner Saqlain, 30, on his first-class debut for Sussex took 3-71 before India declared on 388-7.

Michael Yardy made a watchful 53 for Sussex but veteran spinner Anil Kumble took 2-28 to put his side in command.

India resumed on 281-3 but skipper Rahul Dravid decided not to resume his innings and spent the day resting a slight calf strain.

Laxman made his highest score in England, sharing a fourth-wicket stand of 76 in 30 overs with Yuvraj Singh who made 31.

Yuvraj fell to the fourth ball after lunch when he was stumped attempting to drive spinner Ollie Rayner, who then struck again when Mahendra Dhoni was trapped in front trying to work the ball to leg.

Laxman thumped Rayner through the covers to move into the 90s but when Saqlain found extra bounce as well as turn to take the shoulder of the bat, the fourth wicket to fall inside 12 overs, Dravid decided to declare.

Having switched to the Sea End, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth had Richard Montgomerie caught at third slip as Sussex made a hesitant start to their reply.

Chris Nash, who hit a series of towering sixes in the Twenty20, was becalmed early in his 28 from 72 balls but hit three successive fours before he also fell to a slip catch.

Carl Hopkinson was yorked by RP Singh and 19-year-old Michael Thornely was bowled through the gate by Kumble.

Yardy reached his first half century since the opening game of the season with a fine square drive off Kumble, before the wily slow bowler ousted him with a deceptive googly.

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Windies thrash England in decider!

One-day international, Trent Bridge: West Indies 289-5 beat England 196 by 93 runs
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West Indies crushed England for the second time in a week as the hosts lost the one-day series 2-1 at Trent Bridge.

The tourists capitalised expertly on some wild bowling, putting on 116 off the last 10 overs for a total of 289-5.

Chris Gayle and Runako Morton both made 82, Dwayne Bravo 42 from 24 balls with Stuart Broad taking 0-71 in nine overs.

Daren Powell with 4-40, including Kevin Pietersen for a duck, and Fidel Edwards with 3-30 were superb as England were bowled out for 196 to lose by 93 runs.

The innings had reached the 45th over when Ravi Rampaul trapped Monty Panesar lbw.

It is back to the drawing-board for coach Peter Moores and captain Paul Collingwood as they assess two disappointing performances - with the prospect of a much tougher seven-match series against India in the offing.

Gayle won the toss against an England side showing two changes from the team that lost the second match of the series at Edgbaston.
The return of Panesar and Liam Plunkett - at the expense of Ryan Sidebottom and Michael Yardy - gave the hosts the same side who had succeeded in the series opener at Lord's.

West Indies retained the same XI who had played in both previous matches.

Anderson struck a blow for team morale in the third over to oust Devon Smith, edging a drive to Ian Bell at backward point.

But England, who endured a moderate day in the field, soon found themselves under pressure.

Alastair Cook, at short extra cover, could not cling on to a firmly struck drive from Gayle in the very next over, but it was Bell's drop of Gayle on 20 which was the major error.

Anderson, in the middle of a spell of 1-17 from six overs, cramped the Jamaican left-hander for room and the ball looped straight towards the Warwickshire man at point.
But Bell completely misread its flight and barely got his hands to the chance.

A flurry of runs followed, including a straight six from Shivnarine Chanderpaul off Panesar.

Chanderpaul's summer of plenty came to an end when he fell for 33, however. It was his lowest score in the seven matches of varying lengths he had played against England.

Trying to pull the first ball of Plunkett's third over, he got a big top-edge and Pietersen took a good catch after having to run back almost to the boundary from his position at mid-wicket.

After Plunkett had removed Marlon Samuels cheaply, West Indies were not ideally placed at 108-3 in the 23rd over.

But as they had done at Edgbaston, they showed plenty of patience in electing to accrue runs quietly before a final onslaught.

On a luckier day for England, Dimitri Mascarenhas may have seen the thin edge from Morton, then on four, snaffled by Matt Prior standing up to the stumps.

Instead, Gayle and Morton stretched their partnership as far as the last ball of the 42nd over, by which time they had added 85.

The final few overs, featuring repeated bowling changes, were a chaotic medley of wides, long-hops and full tosses, with Broad and Anderson each throwing a beamer into the mix.

Morton hit two fours and a six off a Broad over, and the same bowler then conceded 19 off his ninth and final set of six.
The running between the wickets was brilliant, England's fielding just as ragged as their bowling. The last 10 overs cost 116 runs.

But it may well be asked why the admirably accurate Mascarenhas only bowled eight overs and Panesar six, with Collingwood bowling two of the last seven.

Cook and Prior had not produced a half-century partnership in their four previous opening stands in limited-overs cricket and they failed again.

Powell had Prior nibbling outside the off-stump, before adding his partner when Cook picked out backward point.

The first ball faced by Pietersen was a vicious bouncer which produced four byes. But the trade-off for Powell was highly satisfactory - the next ball was driven by the batsman to the slip cordon.

After a brilliant Edwards over featuring five dot balls and the wicket of an uncomfortable Bell for 27, Shah and Collingwood had to come up with something.

They produced a 72-run stand in good time before Shah was caught behind for 51 attempting one of his inventive sweep shots off Dwayne Smith.

That ended any lingering hopes of a heroic England win, and in any case four further wickets, including Collingwood for 44, fell in a heap.

It left final pair Panesar and Anderson facing fields of six slips and a gully.

Surprisingly, the duo put on an entertaining 25 to eclipse the efforts of previous partnerships, but they could not wallpaper over the cracks in England's batting.

Friday, July 06, 2007

Live Cricket Scores|Windies end with formidable score

One-day international, Trent Bridge: West Indies 289-5 v England
England's bowling fell apart in the final 10 overs as West Indies amassed 116 runs to finish with 289-5 in the one-day series decider in Nottingham.
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Runako Morton finished with 82, he and Dwayne Bravo adding 92 off 54 balls - and England even bowled two beamers.

The hosts endured a woeful day in the field, with Gayle (82) dropped on four and 20, Morton missed on four and some poor ground-fielding throughout.

Liam Plunkett (3-59) and James Anderson (2-51) were the only wicket-takers.

Gayle won the toss against an England side showing two changes from the team that lost the second match of the series at Edgbaston.

The return of Plunkett and Monty Panesar - at the expense of Ryan Sidebottom and Michael Yardy - gave the hosts the same side who had succeeded in the series opener at Lord's.

Anderson struck a blow for England in the third over to oust Devon Smith, who edged a drive to Ian Bell at backward point.
Alastair Cook, in at short extra cover, could not cling on to a firmly struck drive from Gayle in the very next over, but it was Bell's drop of Gayle on 20 which was the major error.

Anderson, in the middle of a spell of 1-17 from six overs, cramped the Jamaican left-hander for room and the ball looped towards the Warwickshire man at point.

But Bell completely misread its flight and barely got his hands to the chance.

A flurry of runs followed, including a straight six from Shivnarine Chanderpaul off Panesar.

But Chanderpaul's summer of plenty came to an end when he fell for 33, his lowest score in the seven matches of varying lengths he had played against England.

Trying to pull the first ball of Plunkett's third over, he got a big top-edge and Kevin Pietersen took a good catch after having to run back almost to the boundary from his position at mid-wicket.

Plunkett then had Marlon Samuels edging to Matt Prior to make it 108-3 in the 23rd over during the final over of the third powerplay.

That allowed Paul Collingwood to bowl himself and Dimitri Mascarenhas in tandem in a quiet period of accumulation for Gayle and Morton.
Mascarenhas should have celebrated his first wicket in one-day internationals early in his spell, but Morton was missed by Prior on four from a ball that barely deflected off his outside edge.

To be fair on the Sussex stumper, he was standing up to the wicket to deny the batsmen the opportunity to come down the track to Mascarenhas.

Finally, with Gayle and Morton having nurdled their way to 173-3 with 10 overs to go, it was time for more positive intent.

Gayle did power Plunkett through the covers for his first boundary since the 17th over, but got into a terrible tangle next ball and gave the Durham man his third wicket with an easy caught-and-bowled.

That ended an 85-run stand, but the next man in - Bravo wasted no time getting himself going and made 42 off just 24 balls before departing to the penultimate delivery.

Morton hit two fours and a six off a Stuart Broad over, and the same bowler then conceded 19 off his ninth and final set of six to end with 0-71.

Even the eventual wicket of Bravo, bowled by Anderson, was of little consolation as Dwayne Smith crashed his only delivery wide of the cover boundary-runner for four to end the innings in suitable style.

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Live Scores England Vs WestIndies|3rd ODI

NatWest One Day International Series: England v West Indies
07-07-2007 at Trent Bridge

West Indies beat England by 93 runs
West Indies won the toss and decided to bat
West Indies Innings
289 for 5 (50.0 overs)
England Innings
196 all out (44.2 overs)

Live Cricket scores England Vs WestIndies

Umpires: M R Benson, B G Jerling
England: Cook, Prior, Bell, Pietersen, Collingwood, Shah, Mascarenhas, Plunkett, Broad, Panesar, Anderson
West Indies: Gayle, DS Smith, Chanderpaul, Samuels, DR Smith, Morton, Ramdin, Bravo, Powell, Rampaul, Edwards

India squad ready for tour opener

Tour match, Hove: Sussex v India
Play starts 1200 BST
India will begin assessing their options for the Test series in England when they take on county champions Sussex in a four-day game at Hove.

It is the first of two warm-up games for the tourists, who are hoping to repeat their 1986 win over England.

They are likely to include Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman and Wasim Jaffer, who did not play in the recent one-day series against South Africa in Belfast.

And Shanthakumaran Sreesanth is also set to play after recovering from flu.

The 24-year-old has taken 37 wickets in eight Tests and is expected to be a key figure in the Test series, having bowled superbly on seamer-friendly wickets in South Africa last winter.

India may also take a look at uncapped Ranadeb Bose, who was a surprise inclusion in the tour squad ahead of the likes of Munaf Patel, VRV Singh and Irfan Pathan.

Bose only needs six wickets to reach 200 in first-class cricket, but now faces the task of proving he can make the step up to international level.

For batsman Laxman, meanwhile, his focus is on simply trying to force his way back into the Test line-up.
He was not involved in their most recent series against Bangladesh, despite having scored more than 4,800 runs in 80 appearances at an average of 42.

"It was frustrating because I thought I did reasonably well in South Africa, but then the situation was such that the team management had to take a call on five bowlers.

"In a team game, someone misses out. It was unfortunate that I did in Bangladesh," he said.

"It is quite disappointing honestly, but it is not in my control. What is in my control is to go out and get runs whenever I'm given a chance."

Laxman added: "Playing in England is special. I firmly believe we can win the series this time round."

India have agreed to a delayed start at mid-day because Sussex were involved in a Twenty20 Cup match against Hampshire on Friday evening, and it remains to be seen how strong a side the county puts out.

Prior tips Pietersen to find form

England wicket-keeper Matt Prior has backed Kevin Pietersen to return to form in the deciding one-day match against West Indies on Saturday.

Pietersen has managed just 77 runs in two Twenty20 and two one-day innings against the tourists this summer.

"When he doesn't score runs for a couple of games, people start talking about a crisis," said Prior.

"I'm sure he'll score a brilliant hundred very soon - and it might even be on Saturday."

Sussex gloveman Prior, who scored 52 in a losing cause at Edgbaston on Wednesday, added: "Kevin is a fantastic cricketer, a champion who will become a legend of the game."

Chanderpaul is very experienced and I don't think any vocals from behind the stumps are going to affect him

England wicket-keeper Matt Prior

Meanwhile, Prior admits Edgbaston centurion and man-of-the-match Shivnarine Chanderpaul could decide the destination of the series.

The Windies left-hander has passed 50 in each of his seven Test and one-day innings so far but is struggling with a right ankle injury and will undergo a fitness test on Friday.

"I've spent most of the summer looking at the back of his bat," Prior said.

"He's a fantastic player and he's showed that time and again in the past few weeks. You must take your hat off to him.

"We have plans when we bowl to him but sometimes you must allow for someone playing well. His concentration seems unbreakable and he's just so stubborn.

"He wants to bat and bat, he never gets bored. He's having one of those purple patches that the top players go through.

"He's very experienced and I don't think any vocals from me from behind the stumps are going to affect him.

"I don't think I can get into his head, he's unflappable. All we can do is to continue working on our plans and hope we get him out early on Saturday."

Chanderpaul regaining fitness

One-day international, Trent Bridge: England v West Indies
Match starts 1045 BST on Saturday
Live Scores England Vs Westindies will be available here.

WestIndies are expecting that the start batsmen Shivnarine chanerpaul will regain his fitness and will play in the one-day series decider versus England at Trent Bridge on saturday.

Chanderpaul,who is in great form went passed 50 in each of the seven test and one-day Innings on tour,unfortunately injured his ankle.

He contributed solidly through 116 not out in West Indies' 61-run victory in the second one-dayer at Edgbaston on wednesday.

Damp conditions are expected in Nottingham,which will suite seam bowling.Hence,monty hasn't got a great chance of getting the match.

"We are very hopeful Shiv will be right, the physio has been working on him constantly," said coach David Moore.

"He's played exceptionally well in the Test matches and now in the Twenty20s and one-dayers he's been fantastic, very versatile

Moore added that Chanderpaul, who was unable to field in Birmingham on Wednesday, had been an inspiration to his team-mates.

The good thing about Chanderpaul is he's always available to talk to players

West Indies coach david Moore

"It just shows the quality of the player. When a man like that can do what he's done, it's no fluke."

Chanderpaul averaged 148.66 in the Test series and has yet to be dismissed in the current one-day series after scoring an unbeaten 53 in the opener at Lord's last Sunday.

"The good thing about Chanderpaul is he's always available to talk to players, he never cuts himself off," said Moore.

"You don't even have to talk to Chanderpaul, you just stick your head out that window there and see how he trains and you'll see why he scores runs."

England skipper Paul Collingwood admitted that Chanderpaul had been the main topic of conversation ahead of Saturday's encounter.

"A little bit of luck here and there wouldn't go amiss, but sometimes you have to give these guys credit," Collingwood said.

"He is in such a rich vein of form and when a player like him has his confidence up it is very difficult to get him out in any kind of way.

"We have discussed him more than anyone else because he has scored the most runs against us.

"Hopefully he will make a misjudgment or we can get a really good ball to him to get him out early. Sometimes it takes a jaffa to get a guy like him out."

As for Panesar, who was overlooked for the first two matches, Collingwood said: "It is all about the balance of the side.

"Under the right conditions we obviously want to get Monty in. But it all comes down to the weather and the condition of the wicket."

Collingwood added that he hoped his new-look England side would show a ruthless streak in Nottingham.

"We have spoken about having a ruthless edge - hopefully we don't give West Indies an inch on Saturday and leave with nothing," said the Durham all-rounder.

Moore, meanwhile, said a series success outside the Caribbean would be a cherished achievement.

The Windies' last one-day series triumph was in the ICC Champions Trophy in England in 2004.

"It would be nice to win something away from home. It's all about consistency and we have let ourselves down badly in our inconsistency," added Moore.

"If we could put two good games together it would be very good but, in the big picture, it would still only be two games."

England (from): PD Collingwood (capt), AN Cook, MJ Prior, IR Bell, KP Pietersen, OA Shah, AD Mascarenhas, SC Broad, RJ Sidebottom, JM Anderson, MS Panesar, IJ Trott, MH Yardy, LE Plunkett.

West Indies (from): CH Gayle (capt), DS Smith, S Chanderpaul, MN Samuels, RS Morton, DJ Bravo, DR Smith, DJG Sammy, D Ramdin (wkt), DB Powell, R Rampaul, FH Edwards, LMP Simmons, A Richards jnr.

Umpires: MR Benson & BG Jerling (SA)

Anderson fined after Morton clash

England's James Anderson has been fined 50% of his match fee after clashing with Runako Morton during the second one-day international at Edgbaston.

He appeared to impede the West Indies batsman as he ran between the wickets and words were then exchanged.

Anderson, who conceded 78 runs from his 10 overs, was found guilty of breaching clause 2.4 of the players' code of conduct by match referee Mike Procter.

It involves "inappropriate, deliberate physical contact" with another player".

A statement issued by the International Cricket Council confirmed Anderson had been found guilty of twice "nudging" Morton during his innings and then running towards him following his dismissal to start a "verbal confrontation".

"I have no problem with players being aggressive on the field because our game is all about passion and commitment. But, at the same time, they have to recognise they are role models watched by people all over the world," said Procter.

"Cricket is, after all, a non-contact sport and when players fail to recognise that fact and engage in needless nudges, then that is where we have to draw the line.

"James Anderson is not a player with a reputation for bad behaviour...and I am sure he will do everything he can to ensure there is no repeat of this unfortunate incident."

Morton was cleared of an offence under clause 2.8 of the code, which covers the use of offensive language or gestures.

"I concluded that Runako Morton was the victim of James Anderson's aggression, rather than guilty of bad behaviour," Procter added.

The ICC hope the fine will take the heat out of Saturday's final one-dayer at Trent Bridge.

But England skipper Paul Collingwood, interviewed immediately after Wednesday's match and before Anderson was fined, said he would not stop his players getting involved in "feisty" exchanges.

He said: "To be perfectly honest, I don't mind the boys getting stuck if they need to get stuck in. I don't mind that at all."

And opposite number Chris Gayle said: "We were just trying to get on top of them as early as possible and they did the same thing, so it was a little bit of give and take.

"I hope no-one takes it too seriously.

I am sure James Anderson will do everything he can to ensure there is no repeat of this unfortunate incident

Mike Procter

"To be honest we are aggressive people and in cricket we need to be more determined. Once you can get on top of opponents earlier the better you tend to play."

Another of England's pace bowlers, Stuart Broad, was reprimanded for wearing a white lycra bodysuit under his coloured one-day uniform.

That contravened regulations which ban any type of visible white clothing in matches played with white balls.

"Hopefully this sanction against Stuart will serve as a reminder to him not to wear such garments in the future," said Procter.

Thursday, July 05, 2007

collingwood confident for decider

England captain Paul Collingwood has challenged his side to raise their game for the one-day series decider against West Indies on Saturday.

They were outplayed at Edgbaston on Wednesday, losing by 61 runs.

But Collingwood said: "We're confident. We are a young side and Saturday is going to be a great experience.

"It is a final in effect, and we will get mentally prepared for that. It will stand everyone in the squad in good stead for the future."

Collingwood admitted, however, that England need to find the secret to dismissing Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who has passed fifty in all his seven innings during the Test series and one-dayers.
"We have theories as to how we might get him out. Hopefully, come Saturday, we'll get that little bit of luck or a magic ball which gets him out early," he said.

Chanderpaul's unbeaten 116, and his partnership of 175 with Marlon Samuels (77), was the key to his side's win at Edgbaston, which squared the series at 1-1.
It enabled the tourists to post a total of 278-5 and they then bowled England out for 217 in 46 overs.

Chanderpaul suffered an ankle problem during his innings and did not field in the game, but West Indies skipper Chris Gayle afterwards said he would definitely play at Trent Bridge.

"I will push him out there, even if [he's] on one leg. Shiv can destroy any attack when he wants, he can step it up whenever he needs to," Gayle commented.

Looking ahead to the third match, he took the same positive view as Collingwood, adding: "I am confident in the guys. It would be tremendous to win the series."

Collingwood, meanwhile, has insisted Monty Panesar is still a major part of England's one-day plans.

Panesar played in the opening victory over the West Indies at Lord's, taking 1-29, but was left out at Edgbaston.

"We believe that was our best side to win the game on the day," said Collingwood.

We are all still learning and experimenting and finding out what are the best players in these certain conditions and situations

Paul Collingwood

"[But] I've always said Monty is going to be a big one-day player for us, certainly in the future."

Panesar was overlooked in favour of Sussex all-rounder Michael Yardy, who produced a reasonable 0-29 from six overs with the ball but made a scratchy 19 from 42 balls with the bat. "We have to find the right balance," Collingwood admitted.

"We are all still learning and experimenting and finding out what are the best players in these certain conditions and situations.

"When it comes down to conditions, we assess on the day and see what the wicket is like and go from there and it was getting the balance right in the side."

Windies receive $100m cash boost

Billionaire Allen Stanford is to invest $100m (£49.6m) in West Indies cricket over the next three years.

The Texas businessman, who lives in Antigua, is determined to bring cricket in the region into the 21st century.

"We are stuck in the 1950s and 60s. We can't allow ourselves to stay stuck forever," he commented.

Part of the investment will fund the second Stanford 20/20 tournament, which will feature Cuba for the first time as one of 21 competing Caribbean nations.

Funding will be provided to each team to enable them to prepare for the tournament, along with Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, who are expected to make their debut in 2009.
The Stanford 20/20 will take place from 25 January to 24 February next year, with the winning team collecting $1m from a total prize fund of $2.9m.

"I have committed my resources and I believe that within the next three years we will have a world beating West Indies team again.

"The Stanford 20/20 and the professional league we are creating are going to be the instrument that brings about that success, the catalyst that takes us back to the glory days of West Indies cricket," Stanford commented.

I have said over and over that this region has the best cricket players in the world

Allen Stanford

He admitted that he hoped to make a profit on his investment in time, but insisted: "As you can tell from these plans, we are in this for the long haul."

Stanford added: "I have said over and over that this region has the best cricket players in the world. We just need to harness this talent, steer these players in the right direction, reward their efforts and raise the standard of professionalism all around.

"Only then will we see the success that we have been hoping for. Let's partner together and make it happen."

Last year Stanford handed over $28m (£16m), which funded the first 20/20 tournament, won by Guyana.

Plans for a $5m winner-takes-all match between a Stanford Super Star XI and South Africa came to nothing because of a scheduling conflict with the West Indies tour to Pakistan.

This time, he has already has several Caribbean governments on board to support his proposals for developing grass roots cricket and establishment of a professional league.

"We want them to buy into this proposal and grasp our vision for West Indies cricket," said former West Indies fast bowler Reverend Wes Hall.

"I feel we have accomplished this and the future of cricket is bright."

Live Scores Srilanka Vs Bangladesh[day 3]

Test Match Series: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh
03-07-2007 at Colombo , Day 3 of 5

Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by an innings and 90 runs

Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field

Bangladesh 1st Innings 62 all out (25.2 overs)	Bangladesh 2nd Innings 299 all out (86.2 overs)

Sri Lanka 1st Innings 451 for 6 (124.5 overs)

Bangladesh 1st Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Omar	c P Jayawardene	b Malinga	8	23	1	0
Nafees	lbw	b Malinga	0	5	0	0
Saleh	c M Jayawardene	b Muralitharan	21	62	0	0
Bashar	c M Jayawardene	b Malinga	5	5	1	0
Ashraful	c Warnapura	b Malinga	0	3	0	0
Mehrab		b Fernando	6	15	1	0
Rahim	c P Jayawardene	b Muralitharan	9	10	2	0
Mortaza	c M Jayawardene	b Fernando	0	2	0	0
Rafique	c Vaas	b Muralitharan	2	8	0	0
Sharif	not out		4	17	0	0
Shahadat		b Muralitharan	1	6	0	0
Extras		4nb 1w 1lb	6
Total		all out	62	(25.2 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Vaas	5.0	1	6	0
Malinga	9.0	1	25	4
Fernando	6.0	1	16	2
Muralitharan	5.2	1	14	4

Fall of wicket
3	Nafees
14	Omar
22	Bashar
22	Ashraful
33	Mehrab
45	Rahim
48	Mortaza
51	Rafique
59	Saleh
62	Shahadat

Sri Lanka 1st Innings - Declared

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Vandort		b Mortaza	14	51	1	0
Warnapura	c Nafees	b Shahadat	82	140	9	0
Sangakkara	not out		200	325	20	2
M Jayawardene	c Nafees	b Shahadat	49	106	5	1
Silva	c Mortaza	b Mehrab	33	48	3	0
Dilshan		b Mehrab	0	2	0	0
P Jayawardene	c Omar	b Mortaza	14	26	1	0
Vaas	not out		30	61	4	1
Extras		13nb 3w 6b 7lb	29
Total		for 6	451	(124.5 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Mortaza	30.0	7	77	2
Shahadat	21.0	3	81	2
Sharif	24.0	4	86	0
Rafique	35.0	3	134	0
Ashraful	7.0	0	31	0
Mehrab	7.5	0	29	2

Fall of wicket
41	Vandort
169	Warnapura
267	M Jayawardene
359	Silva
359	Dilshan
395	P Jayawardene

Bangladesh 2nd Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Omar	lbw	b Vaas	28	23	6	0
Nafees	c P Jayawardene	b Vaas	20	26	4	0
Saleh	c M Jayawardene	b Fernando	0	2	0	0
Mehrab		b Fernando	8	7	1	0
Bashar		b Fernando	12	26	2	0
Ashraful	not out		129	236	18	0
Rahim	c and b	Muralitharan	80	183	9	1
Sharif	lbw	b Vaas	2	10	0	0
Mortaza	lbw	b Vaas	0	1	0	0
Rafique	run out		3	3	0	0
Shahadat	run out		2	10	0	0
Extras		9nb 2w 2b 2lb	15
Total		all out	299	(86.2 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Vaas	20.2	8	55	4
Malinga	15.0	1	86	0
Fernando	17.0	2	60	3
Muralitharan	28.0	6	84	1
Dilshan	6.0	1	10	0

Fall of wicket
48	Nafees
51	Saleh
55	Omar
59	Mehrab
78	Bashar
269	Rahim
276	Sharif
276	Mortaza
286	Rafique
299	Shahadat

Umpires: Asad Rauf, R E Koertzen
Sri Lanka: Vandort, Warnapura, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Silva, Dilshan, P Jayawardene, Vaas, Malinga, Muralitharan, Fernando
Bangladesh: Omar, Nafees, Saleh, Bashar, Ashraful, Mehrab, Rahim, Shahadat, Mortaza, Rafique, Sharif