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Champions League Twenty20 T20 Schedule

2009-10-08T23:00:00.001-07:00

Thu Oct 08 2009 20:00 IST	Group C - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Cape Cobras. M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Bangalore
Fri Oct 09 2009 16:00 IST	Group B - Eagles v New South Wales. Feroz Shah Kotla. Delhi
Fri Oct 09 2009 20:00 IST	Group D - Delhi Daredevils v Victoria. Feroz Shah Kotla. Delhi
Sat Oct 10 2009 16:00 IST	Group C - Cape Cobras v Otago. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Uppal. Hyderabad
Sat Oct 10 2009 20:00 IST	Group A - Deccan Chargers v TBC. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Uppal. Hyderabad
Sun Oct 11 2009 16:00 IST	Group B - New South Wales v TBC. Feroz Shah Kotla. Delhi
Sun Oct 11 2009 20:00 IST	Group D - Delhi Daredevils v Wayamba. Feroz Shah Kotla. Delhi
Mon Oct 12 2009 16:00 IST	Group A - TBC v Trinidad & Tobago. M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Bangalore
Mon Oct 12 2009 20:00 IST	Group C - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Otago. M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Bangalore
Tue Oct 13 2009 16:00 IST	Group D - Victoria v Wayamba. Feroz Shah Kotla. Delhi
Tue Oct 13 2009 20:00 IST	Group B - Eagles v TBC. Feroz Shah Kotla. Delhi
Wed Oct 14 2009 20:00 IST	Group A - Deccan Chargers v Trinidad & Tobago. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Uppal. Hyderabad
Thu Oct 15 2009 20:00 IST	League B - TBC v TBC (C1 v D2). M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Bangalore
Fri Oct 16 2009 16:00 IST	League A - TBC v TBC (A2 v B2). Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Uppal. Hyderabad
Fri Oct 16 2009 20:00 IST	League A - TBC v TBC (A1 v B1). Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Uppal. Hyderabad
Sat Oct 17 2009 16:00 IST	League B - TBC v TBC (C2 v D2). M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Bangalore
Sat Oct 17 2009 20:00 IST	League B - TBC v TBC (C1 v D1). M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Bangalore
Sun Oct 18 2009 16:00 IST	League A - TBC v TBC (A2 v B1). Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Uppal. Hyderabad
Sun Oct 18 2009 20:00 IST	League A - TBC v TBC (A1 v B2). Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Uppal. Hyderabad
Mon Oct 19 2009 20:00 IST	League B - TBC v TBC (C2 v D1). Feroz Shah Kotla. Delhi
Wed Oct 21 2009 20:00 IST	1st semi-final - TBC v TBC (Winner B v Runner up A). Feroz Shah Kotla. Delhi
Thu Oct 22 2009 20:00 IST	2nd semi-final - TBC v TBC (Winner A v Runner up B). Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Uppal. Hyderabad
Fri Oct 23 2009 20:00 IST	Final - TBC v TBC. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Uppal. Hyderabad
24 Oct 109	Reserve
24 Oct 109	Reserve

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Cape Cobras CLT 20

2009-10-08T22:51:00.000-07:00

Champions League Twenty20 First match Royal Challengers Bangalore v Cape Cobras

Champions League Twenty20 - 1st match, Group C

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Cape Cobras

Cape Cobras won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
8 October 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JH Kallis	c †Canning b Langeveldt	8	9	1	0	88.88
RV Uthappa	c Gibbs b Zondeki	51	39	7	2	130.76
R Dravid	run out (Philander/†Canning)	28	24	2	1	116.66
V Kohli	st †Canning b Henderson	17	14	2	0	121.42
LRPL Taylor	not out	53	24	4	4	220.83
MK Pandey	not out	10	10	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 4, w 9)	13
Total	(4 wickets; 20 overs)	180	(9.00 runs per over)

Did not bat RE van der Merwe, MV Boucher†, P Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, A Kumble*

Fall of wickets1-14 (Kallis, 2.6 ov), 2-82 (Uthappa, 10.5 ov), 3-97 (Dravid, 12.6 ov), 4-115 (Kohli, 15.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
CK Langeveldt	3	0	12	1	4.00
RK Kleinveldt	4	0	45	0	11.25
VD Philander	2	0	21	0	10.50
M Zondeki	4	0	39	1	9.75
CW Henderson	4	0	34	1	8.50
JL Ontong	3	0	25	0	8.33

Cape Cobras innings (target: 181 runs from 20 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AG Puttick*	c Kohli b Kumar	11	11	2	0	100.00
HH Gibbs	c †Boucher b Kumar	0	1	0	0	0.00
H Davids	c Kohli b Vinay Kumar	27	21	2	1	128.57
JP Duminy	not out	99	52	8	5	190.38
JL Ontong	b van der Merwe	19	14	2	0	135.71
RCC Canning†	c Kumble b Kumar	20	18	1	0	111.11
RK Kleinveldt	not out	5	2	1	0	250.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 1)	3
Total	(5 wickets; 19.4 overs)	184	(9.35 runs per over)

Did not bat VD Philander, CW Henderson, M Zondeki, CK Langeveldt

Fall of wickets1-5 (Gibbs, 0.6 ov), 2-14 (Puttick, 2.4 ov), 3-62 (Davids, 7.6 ov), 4-103 (Ontong, 12.2 ov), 5-164 (Canning, 18.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
P Kumar	4	0	32	3	8.00
JH Kallis	2	0	18	0	9.00
R Vinay Kumar	3.4	0	40	1	10.90
A Kumble	4	0	35	0	8.75
RE van der Merwe	4	0	34	1	8.50
V Kohli	2	0	23	0	11.50

Match details
Toss Royal Challengers Bangalore, who chose to bat Points Cape Cobras 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore 0 Player of the match JP Duminy (Cape Cobras)	Umpires BG Jerling (South Africa) and RB Tiffin (Zimbabwe) TV umpire SK Tarapore Match referee S Venkataraghavan

Time for gand fin ale

2009-10-04T21:50:00.000-07:00

New Zealand v Pakistan semi final Champions trophy 2009

2009-10-04T21:45:00.000-07:00

Result: New Zealand won by five wickets

Grant Elliott struck an unbeaten half-century to steer New Zealand to a five-wicket win over Pakistan in Saturday's Champions Trophy semi-final.

Pakistan innings

I. Nazir c Taylor b Bond 28

K. Akmal c Redmond b Butler 24

S. Malik c Taylor b Butler 2

Y. Khan c Taylor b Vettori 15

M. Yousuf b Mills 45

U. Akmal lbw b Vettori 55

S. Afridi c McCullum b Butler 4

R. Naved-ul-Hasan c Guptill b Vettori 8

U. Gul c Broom b Butler 6

M. Aamer not out 19

S. Ajmal not out 14

Extras (lb-6, nb-2, w-5) 13

Total (nine wickets; 50 overs) 233

Fall of wickets: 1-46 2-61 3-69 4-86 5-166 6-181 7-183 8-192 9-198.

Bowling:

Mills 10-0-46-1 (w-2),
Bond 10-1-54-1 (nb-1, w-1),
Butler 10-0-44-4 (w-2),
Franklin 8-0-33-0 (nb-1),
Vettori 10-2-43-3,
Elliott 2-0-7-0.

New Zealand innings

B. McCullum c Afridi b Aamer 17

A. Redmond c & b Ajmal 31

M. Guptill c Naved-ul-Hasan b Gul 11

R. Taylor b Afridi 38

G. Elliott not out 75

D. Vettori st Akmal b Ajmal 41

N. Broom not out 3

Extras (b-2, lb-6, nb-4, w-6) 18

Total (five wickets; 47.5 overs) 234

Fall of wickets: 1-22 2-43 3-71 4-126 5-230.

Did not bat: J. Franklin, K. Mills, S. Bond, I. Butler.

Bowling:

Aamer 10-2-32-1 (w-2),
Naved-ul-Hasan 8-0-57-0 (nb-3),
Gul 8.5-0-48-1 (nb-1, w-1),
Ajmal 8-0-39-2 (w-1),
Afridi 10-0-41-1 (w-1),
Malik 3-0-9-0 (w-1).

Australia beat England and secured a place in ICC champions trophy final

2009-10-03T00:21:00.000-07:00

Unbeaten centuries by captain Ricky Ponting and Shane Watson led holders Australia to a crushing nine-wicket win over England in Friday's Champions Trophy semi-final.

Australia now meet the winners of Saturday's match between New Zealand and Pakistan in Monday's final at Centurion.

Ponting scored 111, passing 12,000 one-day international runs in the process, and Watson made 136 as Australia hit 258 for one in 41.5 overs.

England were earlier bowled out for 257, a total which owed much to a seventh-wicket stand of 107 between Luke Wright (48) and Tim Bresnan (80).

Opener Watson, finding his form after a lean run, cracked 10 fours and seven sixes in 132 balls.

Ponting, who went to the crease in the second over after Graham Onions had Tim Paine caught behind for four, quickly took control.

He cruised to his half-century in 58 deliveries and needed only 46 more to register his 28th ODI ton.

NO ANSWER

England's attack had no answer as Ponting and Watson shared an unbroken partnership of 252, a record for any Australian wicket.

The previous best was 237 for the fourth wicket between Ponting and Andrew Symonds against Sri Lanka in Sydney in 2006.

The Australian skipper's immaculate shot-selection put England to the sword while Watson struck several big blows at the end, thumping his last 36 runs in 17 balls.

England were in desperate trouble after winning the toss and choosing to bat first, slumping to 101 for six.

However, Bresnan and Wright stuck together for nearly 20 overs as they shared the best seventh-wicket stand for England against Australia.

Bresnan scored his maiden ODI half-century, hitting 80 in 76 balls before being bowled by Brett Lee, while Wright was caught behind by Paine off Peter Siddle.

Paine finished with five catches. Siddle took three for 55, fellow paceman Lee claimed two for 46 and man of the match Watson chipped in with two for 35.

staruss c Hopes b Siddle 14

1.6 brilliant catch by Hopes! Strauss had timed it well, it was bowled full on leg stump, he clipped it elegantly but uppishly, Hopes threw himself to his left at square leg and plucked it inches from the ground 15/1
JL Denly	c †Paine b Siddle	36	85	44	5	0	81.81
17.2 got him! Short of a length outside off and gets it to move away, Denly chases it, trying to get it past point but gets a thick edge and Paine again does a good job stretching full length to his right and taking a smart catch 91/4
OA Shah	c †Paine b Lee	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
2.4 gone! Short on leg stump, Shah walks across to tickle it fine, gets a faint touch and it goes through to Paine, two down are England and they've been hit early, Paine took a good catch diving well to his left 16/2
PD Collingwood	c †Paine b Johnson	34	41	30	5	1	113.33
11.2 got him, well taken by Paine! Collingwood was tempted to pull that , short on middle, shuffled and tried to pull it through square leg, the extra bounce did the trick there for Johnson and so did the pace, a thin touch to the glove and Paine snapped it one-handed timing his leap to perfection 71/3
EJG Morgan	c †Paine b Watson	9	44	27	0	0	33.33
20.2 Morgan's gone! Short outside off, just a fraction outside the off stump, goes for the cut, gets a thin edge straight to the keeper, perhaps too close to play that shot but he was struggling to get the runs 101/6
SM Davies†	b Watson	5	7	4	0	0	125.00
18.5 Davies sent back early on his debut, nipped back in this time, short of a good length outside off, tried to defend it off the back foot, it moved in off the pitch just a hint, took the inside edge and knocked back the off stump 100/5
LJ Wright	c †Paine b Siddle	48	86	68	2	2	70.58
39.6 Paine pouches his fifth victim, soft dismissal in the end, he chases a full and wide delivery and gets a thick outside edge to Paine, Wright should be happy with his efforts for getting England this far 208/7
TT Bresnan	b Lee	80	109	76	11	0	105.26
46.2 timber! Bresnan backs away to crash that over the on side but Lee fires in a yorker and flattens the middle stump, that ends Bresnan's resistance, will it be a match-winning knock? Let's wait and see 251/9
GP Swann	run out (Hauritz/†Paine)	18	23	15	2	0	120.00
45.1 from Watson, excellent work by the Australians, Swann reaches out and angles the ball down to third man, Swann wants the second, he's always struggling but fails to time his dive, the throw from Hauritz is flat and quick and Paine whips off the bails, Bowden doesn't need the replay 245/8
JM Anderson	not out	5	14	9	0	0	55.55

G Onions	run out (Ferguson/†Paine)	1	7	2	0	0	50.00
47.4 Watson to Anderson, confusion galore! Seemed like a sports blooper, Anderson goes right back and across and nearly trods onto his stumps as he works it to midwicket, first run comfortably taken but there's confusion about the second, Anderson wants it, Onions doesn't, Onions has no option but to leave his crease but he turns back and it's too late as Paine collects the throw from Ferguson whips off the bails 257/10
Extras	(w 6, nb 1)	7
Total	(all out; 47.4 overs; 218 mins)	257	(5.39 runs per over)

India beat West Indies Champions Trophy

2009-09-30T22:34:00.000-07:00

Praveen Kumar and Ashish Nehra shared six wickets as India beat West Indies by seven wickets but still went out of the Champions Trophy on Wednesday.

West Indies innings

 A. Fletcher c Dravid b Kumar      0
K. Powell c Dhoni b Nehra         5
D. Smith c Dhoni b Nehra         21
T. Dowlin b Dhoni                14
F. Reifer c Karthik b Kumar       1
D. Bernard c Dravid b Mishra     22
D. Sammy c Mishra b Nehra        23
R. Crandon b Harbhajan            5
N. Miller not out                17
K. Roach c Gambhir b Harbhajan    4
G. Tonge c & b Kumar              5
Extras (lb-4, w-7, nb-1)         12
Total (all out, 36 overs)       129

Fall of wickets: 1-0 2-26 3-27 4-31 5-57 6-89 7-99 8-102
9-122

Bowling: Kumar 9-3-22-3 (w-2), Nehra 8-1-31-3 (w-2), Nayar
3-0-17-0 (w-1, nb-1), Dhoni 2-0-14-1 (w-1), Harbhajan 8-2-14-2,
Mishra 6-0-27-1 (w-1).

India innings

 D. Karthik c Dowlin b Tonge           34
G. Gambhir b Roach                     6
R. Dravid run out                      4
V. Kohli not out                      79
A. Nayar not out                       0
Extras (nb-4, w-3)                     7
Total (three wickets, 32.1 overs)    130

Fall of wickets: 1-7 2-12 3-104
 Bowling: 

Roach 6-1-27-1 (nb-3),
Tonge 10-0-36-1 (w-1),
Sammy10-1-25-0,
Bernard 3-0-22-0 (1-nb, w-2),
Miller 3.1-0-20-0.

Pakistan v Australia

2009-09-30T22:27:00.000-07:00

coreboard from the Champions Trophy Group A match between Pakistan and Australia at Centurion, South Africa, on Wednesday.

Pakistan innings

K. Akmal b Watson 44

S. Afridi c Hopes b Johnson 15

Y. Khan c Johnson b Hopes 18

S. Malik c Ponting b Johnson 27

M. Yousuf c White b Lee 45

M. ul-Haq hit wicket b Watson 41

U. Akmal not out 2

R. Naved-ul-Hasan not out 7

Extras (w-6) 6

Total (six wickets, 50 overs) 205

Fall of wickets: 1-30 2-75 3-89 4-123 5-186 6-198

Bowling:

Lee 10-0-30-1 (w-2),

Siddle 5-0-24-0,

Johnson 10-0-45-2 (w-2),

Watson 8-0-32-2 (w-2),

Hopes 10-0-50-1,

Hauritz 7-1-24-0.

Australia innings

S. Watson c K. Akmal b Gul 24

T. Paine lbw b Afridi 29

R. Ponting c Gul b Malik 32

M. Hussey b Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 64

C. Ferguson b Ajmal 7

C. White b Asif 5

J. Hopes c Khan b Asif 1

M. Johnson b Ajmal 9

B. Lee not out 12

N. Hauritz not out 9

Extras (b-1, w-12, nb-1) 14

Total (eight wickets, 50 overs) 206

Fall of wickets: 1-44 2-59 3-140 4-157 5-174 6-175 7-176

8-187

Bowling:

Gul 9-1-38-1 (w-1),
Asif 8-0-34-2 (w-3),
Afridi 10-0-47-1 (w-1),
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 9-2-39-1 (nb-1),
Ajmal10-1-31-2,
Malik 4-0-16-1 (w-1).

Pakistan 205-6 v Australia - Champions Trophy

2009-09-30T06:26:00.000-07:00

Pakistan scored 205 for six wickets against Australia in their Champions Trophy Group A match on Wednesday.

50 overs Pakistan 205 for 6 (Yousuf 45, Misbah 41) v Australia

Kamran Akmal 44
Shahid Afridi 15
Younis Khan 18
Shoaib Malik 27
Mohammad Yousuf 45
Misbah-ul-Haq 41
Umar Akmal 2*
Naved-ul-Hasan 7*

B Lee 1/30
PM Siddle 0/24
MG Johnson 2/45
SR Watson 2/32
JR Hopes 1/50
NM Hauritz 0/24

India win toss and elect to field against West IndiesIndia win toss and elect to field against West Indies

2009-09-30T06:24:00.000-07:00

India won the toss and chose to field first in their Champions Trophy Group A match against West Indies at the Wanderers on Wednesday.

West Indies lost 4 wicket for nearly 40 runs in 10 over.

Teams
India - Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Amit Mishra, Harbhajan Singh, Abhishek Nayar, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra.

West Indies - Devon Smith, Andre Fletcher, Kieran Powell, Royston Crandon, Travis Dowlin, Floyd Reifer, David Bernard, Darren Sammy, Nikita Miller, Kemar Roach, Gavin Tonge.

Champions Trophy Group A standings

2009-09-28T22:52:00.000-07:00

Standings

P W L D N/R Pts NRR
Pakistan* 2 2 0 0 0 4 +1.606
Australia 2 1 0 0 1 3 +1.000
India 2 0 1 0 1 1 -1.080
West Indies 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1.501

Previous results: Group A

Played on Saturday
Pakistan beat India by 54 runs
Australia beat West Indies by 50 runs
Played on Wednesday.
Pakistan beat West Indies by five wickets
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Next fixtures (all times GMT):

Sept. 30Australia v Pakistan, Centurion (0730)
India v West Indies, Johannesburg (1230)

Oct. 2&3
Semi-finals

Oct. 5
Final, Johannesburg (1230)

Australia v India - Champions Trophy

2009-09-28T22:47:00.000-07:00

Scoreboard from the abandoned Champions Trophy Group A match between Australia and India at Centurion, South Africa on Monday.

No result due to heavy rain

Australia innings
S. Watson c Harbhajan b Nehra 0
T. Paine c Harbhajan b Mishra 56
R. Ponting run out 65
M. Hussey c Tendulkar b Sharma 67
C. White not out 35
C. Ferguson not out 2

Extras (b-1, lb-1, w-7) 9

Total (four wickets, 42.3 overs) 234

Fall of wickets: 1-3 2-87 3-175 4-227

Bowling:
Nehra 8-1-38-1,
Kumar 8-0-34-0 (w-3),
Sharma7.3-0-53-1 (w-1),
Mishra 9-0-45-1 (w-1),
Harbhajan 9-0-54-0(w-1),
Raina 1-0-8-0.

India: G. Gambhir, S. Tendulkar, R. Dravid, S. Raina, MS
Dhoni, V. Kohli, A. Mishra, Harbhajan Singh, P. Kumar, Ishant
Sharma, A. Nehra.

Sri Lanka v England Champions Trophy

2009-09-25T22:31:00.000-07:00

England began their Champions Trophy campaign with a six-wicket triumph over Group B rivals Sri Lanka on Friday. Chasing Sri Lanka's 212 all out in 47.3 overs, England eased to 213 for four off 45 thanks to an unbeaten 62 in 83 balls from Eoin Morgan.

England slipped to 19 for two before Paul Collingwood launched a counter-attack, dominating a 63-run partnership with Owais Shah.Collingwood breezed to 46 off 51 balls with five fours and three sixes before chopping a delivery from fast bowler Lasith Malinga on to his stumps.
His dismissal brought Morgan to the crease and he and Shah combined for a 76-run stand off 94 balls.Shah was then caught by keeper Kumar Sangakkara off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for a patient 44.

COMPETITIVE TOTAL
The left-handed Morgan went on to reach his half-century with his fifth boundary.
"We did not pick up wickets quickly enough and the Collingwood-Shah partnership was important to England," said Sri Lanka skipper Sangakkara.
"I thought Morgan understood his job very well and did the job required for his side. He played the anchor role that saw them through."
Earlier, half-centuries from Thilina Kandamby and Angelo Mathews helped Sri Lanka post a competitive total after slumping to 17 for four after being put in to bat.
Kandamby top-scored with 53 before being run out while Mathews chipped in with 52 as the pair combined for a sixth-wicket stand of 82.
Mathews was lucky on 51 when he appeared to have been run out after colliding with England seamer Graham Onions.
Although he was initially given out, Strauss called the batsman back.
Fast bowler James Anderson swung the new ball prodigiously, taking two for 11 in his opening seven overs before finishing with three for 20. All-rounder Stuart Broad also took three for 49.
The result leaves the group evenly poised with Sri Lanka, South Africa and England having won one game each.
On Sunday, England play hosts South Africa in Centurion while Sri Lanka meet New Zealand in Johannesburg.

Scoreboard after Englandbeat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the Champions Trophy Group Bmatch at the Wanderers, South Africa on Friday.

Sri Lanka innings

T. Dilshan c Morgan b Anderson 2

S. Jayasuriya c Prior b Onions 0

K. Sangakkara c Strauss b Onions 1

M. Jayawardena lbw b Anderson 9

T. Samaraweera c Collingwood b Broad 30

T. Kandamby run out 53

A. Mathews c Prior b Wright 52

N. Kulasekara not out 17

M. Muralitharan b Broad 18

L. Malinga b Broad 0

A. Mendis c Strauss b Anderson 5

Extras (lb-4, w-21) 25

Total (all out; 47.3 overs) 212

Fall of wickets: 1-7 2-7 3-17 4-17 5-81 6-163 7-176 8-1979-197 10-212.

Bowling:

Anderson 9.3-2-20-3 (3w),
Onions 10-0-58-2 (5w),
Broad 10-0-49-3 (5w),
Wright 6-0-34-1 (1w),
Collingwood 8-0-24-0(2w),
Swann 4-0-23-0 (1w).

England innings

A. Strauss c Kandamby b Kulasekara 9

J. Denly lbw b Kulasekara 5

O. Shah c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 44

P. Collingwood b Malinga 46

E. Morgan not out 62

M. Prior not out 28

Extras (lb-7, w-11, nb-1) 19

Total (four wickets; 45 overs) 213

Fall of wickets: 1-9 2-19 3-82 4-158.

Did not bat: Luke Wright, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, JamesAnderson, Graham Onions.

Bowling:

Malinga 9-0-43-1 (3w, 1nb),

Kulasekara 9-1-42-2 (3w),

Mathews 8-2-26-0 (1w),

Mendis 9-0-35-0 (1w),

Muralitharan 10-0-60-1 (3w).

South Africa beat New Zealand (Champions Trophy)

2009-09-24T22:10:00.000-07:00

South Africa beat New Zealand by five wickets in their Champions Trophy Group B match on Thursday.

Scores: New Zealand 214 (R.Taylor 72; W.Parnell 5-57) v South Africa 217-5 (AB de Villiers 70 not out).

New Zealand innings

B. McCullum c Duminy b Botha       44
J. Ryder c Van der Merwe b Parnell  8
M. Guptill c Amla b Parnell        21
R. Taylor lbw b Parnell            72
G. Elliott b Van der Merwe         39
N. Broom lbw b Van der Merwe        1
G. Hopkins c Duminy b Parnell      13
K. Mills c De Villiers b Steyn      0
D. Vettori not out                  1
D. Tuffey c Duminy b Parnell        4
S. Bond c De Villiers b Steyn       0
Extras (b-4, lb-5, w-1, nb-1)      11

Total (all out, 47.5 overs)       214

Fall of wickets 1-12 2-58 3-92 4-163 5-171 6-203 7-204 8-209
9-213

 Bowling:

Steyn 9.5-1-32-2, Parnell 8-0-57-5 (w-1), Kallis
8-0-24-0, Morkel 3-0-13-0 (nb-1), Botha 9-1-44-1, Van der Merwe
10-1-35-2.

South Africa innings

G. Smith c Vettori b Tuffey             7
H. Amla lbw b Vettori                  38
J. Kallis c McCullum b Bond            36
AB de Villiers not out                 70
JP Duminy c McCullum b Mills           11
M. Boucher c McCullum b Tuffey         28
A. Morkel not out                      19
Extras (lb-2, w-4, nb-2)                8
Total (for five wickets, 41.1 overs)  217

Fall of wickets: 1-22 2-74 3-108 4-138 5-180

Bowling: Mills 8.1-0-45-1 (nb-1), Bond 10-0-51-1 (w-2),
Tuffey 9-1-52-2 (w-1), Vettori 10-1-34-1 (w-1), Ryder 2-0-15-0,
Guptill 1-0-13-0 (nb-1), Elliott 1-0-5-0.

Pakistan v West Indies - Champions Trophy

2009-09-23T23:39:00.000-07:00

Pakistan beat West Indies by five wickets in their Champions Trophy Group A match in South
Africa on Wednesday.

: West Indies 133 (N. Miller 51) v Pakistan 134-5

Scoreboard after Pakistan beat West Indies by five wickets in their Champions Trophy Group A match
at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, South Africa on Wednesday.



West Indies innings

D. Richards c & b Aamer           1
A. Fletcher c Nazir b Rana Naved  7
D. Smith c U. Akmal b Gul        18
T. Dowlin c K. Akmal b Aamer      0
F. Reifer c Misbah b Gul          7
D. Bernard b Aamer                6
D. Sammy b Ajmal                 25
C. Walton lbw b Gul               0
N. Miller c Malik b Afridi       51
T. Best st K. Akmal b Ajmal       8
G. Tonge not out                  4
Extras (w-5, nb-1)                6
Total (all out, 34.3 overs)     133

Fall of wickets: 1-2 2-11 3-14 4-36 5-43 6-47 7-47 8-85
9-121
 Bowling: 
Aamer 7-1-24-3 (w-1),
Rana Naved 7-0-26-1 (w-2,nb-1),
Gul 8-2-28-3 (w-2),
Afridi 8.3-0-39-1,
Ajmal 4-0-16-2.


  Pakistan innings
I. Nazir b Tonge                       5
K. Akmal c Walton b Tonge              5
S. Malik c Walton b Tonge             23
M. Yousuf c Walton b Tonge            23
Misbah ul-Haq c Walton b Bernard       6
U. Akmal not out                      41
S. Afridi not out                     17
Extras (lb-2, nb-3, w-9)              14
Total (for five wickets, 30.3 overs) 134

Fall of wickets: 1-5 2-21 3-54 4-61 5-76

 Bowling:
Sammy 7-0-29-0,
Tonge 10-3-25-4 (w-1, nb-2),
Best 6.3-0-50-0 (w-5, nb-1),
Bernard 7-0-28-1 (w-3)

Group B fixtures (champions trophy)

2009-09-23T02:49:00.000-07:00

Sept. 24 South Africa v New Zealand, Centurion
Sept. 25 England v Sri Lanka, Johannesburg
Sept. 27 New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Johannesburg
Sept. 28South Africa v England, Centurion
Sept. 29 England v New Zealand, Johannesburg
Oct. 2&3 Semi-finals Oct. 5 Final

Sri Lanka beat South Africa in Champions Trophy

2009-09-23T02:25:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka 319 for 8 (Dilshan 106, Jayawardene 77, Sangakkara 54) beat South Africa 206 for 7 (Smith 58, Mendis 3-30) by 55 runs (D/L)

Tillakeratne Dilshan and Ajantha Mendis led Sri Lanka to a 55-run win over hosts South Africa as the opening match of the Champions Trophy was decided by the Duckworth-Lewis scoring method on Tuesday.

Dilshan struck 106 off 92 balls as Sri Lanka amassed 319 for eight, their highest one-day score against South Africa. Spinner Mendis then claimed three for 30 as the hosts finished on 206 for seven from 37.4 overs after rain intervened.

The 24-year-old Mendis was playing against South Africa for the first time and frequently bamboozled the opposition batsmen in the Group B match.

Sri Lanka innings

T. Dilshan c Morkel b 106
S. Jayasuriya lbw b 10
K. Sangakkara c&b 54
M. Jayawardena c Duminy b 77
T. Samaraweera c Van der Merwe 37
A. Mathews b 15
T. Kandamby c Duminy b 6
N. Kulasekara run 1
M. Muralitharan not 0

Extras (lb-5, w-5, nb-3)13
Total (eight wickets; 50 ) 319

Fall of wickets: 1-16 2-174 3-181 4-297 5-297 6-314 7-3178-319.

Bowling:
Steyn 9-2-47-3 (w-1), Parnell 10-0-79-3 (w-3,nb-1), Kallis 7-0-43-0, Morkel 4-0-39-0 (nb-1), Botha 9-0-53-0(w-1, nb-1), Van der Merwe 10-0-42-0, Duminy 1-0-11-1.

South Africa innings
G. Smith b 58
H. Amla b Mathews 2
J. Kallis c Mathews b Mendis 41
A. de Villiers c Jayawardena b Malinga 24
JP. Duminy b Mendis 0
M. Boucher lbw b Mathews 26
A. Morkel not out 29
J. Botha c Mathews b Malinga 21
R. van der Merwe not out 3

Extras (w-2) 2 Total
(for seven wickets, 37.4 overs) 206

Bowling:
Malinga 7.4-0-43-2 (w-1), Kulasekara 7-0-44-0,Mathews 8-1-43-2, Muralitharan 8-0-46-0, Mendis 7-0-30-3 (w-1).

46.3 overs New Zealand 155

2009-09-11T06:18:00.000-07:00

46.3 overs New Zealand 155 (Nehra 3-24, Yuvraj 3-31) v India

Batting
BB McCullum 3
JD Ryder 0
MJ Guptill 22
LRPL Taylor 11
GD Elliott 22
JDP Oram 24
NT Broom 21
DL Vettori 25
KD Mills 6
IG Butler 6
SE Bond 10*

Bowling
A Nehra 3/24
RP Singh 2/22
I Sharma 2/26
Yuvraj Singh 3/
Harbhajan Singh 0/39
SK Raina 0/4
YK Pathan 0/5

Gautam Gambhir will miss the ongoing one-day tri-series

2009-09-11T01:35:00.000-07:00

India's in-form opener Gautam Gambhir will miss the ongoing one-day tri-series in Sri Lanka with a groin injury, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said on Thursday.

Left-handed Gambhir strained the muscle and will return home to rest for 10 days, the BCCI said in a statement.

Virat Kohli has been named as his replacement.

India open against New Zealand on Friday and play Sri Lanka the following day with the final slated for Sept. 14 in the short series -- their build up to the Champions Trophy in South Africa later this month.

India is already without explosive opener Virender Sehwag and bowling spearhead Zaheer Khan. Both are recovering after shoulder surgery and will be sidelined until after the Champions Trophy.

England won Ashes 2006-07

2009-08-24T01:41:00.000-07:00

England completed an emotional victory over Australia in the fifth and final test on Sunday to regain the Ashes they surrendered so abjectly in 2006-7.

Scoreboard after England beat Australiaby 197 runs to win the fifth Ashes test and the series at theOval, London on Sunday.

England win the five-test series 2-1.

England first innings 332 (A. Strauss 55, I. Bell 72)
Australia first innings 160 (S. Katich 50, S. Broad 5-37)
England second innings 373-9 declared (A.Strauss 75, J.Trott 119, G.Swann 63; 4-98)

Australia second innings (80-0 overnight)
S. Watson lbw b Broad 40
S. Katich lbw b Swann 43
R. Ponting run out (Flintoff) 66
M. Hussey c Cook b Swann 121
M. Clarke run out (Strauss) 0
M. North st Prior b Swann 10
B. Haddin c Strauss b Swann 34
M. Johnson c Collingwood b Harmison 0
P. Siddle c Flintoff b Harmison 10
S. Clark c Cook b Harmison 0
B. Hilfenhaus not out 4

Extras: (lb-7, nb-6, b-7) 20
Total: (all out; 102.2 overs) 348

Fall of wickets: 1-86 2-90 3-217 4-220 5-236 6-327 7-327 8-343 9-343 10-348

Bowling:
Anderson 12-2-46-0 (1nb),
Flintoff 11-1-42-0 (1nb),
Harmison 16-5-54-3 (4nb),
Swann 40.2-8-120-4, Broad 22-4-71-1,
Collingwood 1-0-1-0.

First test, Cardiff - Jul 8-12: Draw
Second test, Lord's - Jul 16-20: England won by 115 runs
Third test, Edgbaston - Jul 30-Aug 3: Draw
Fourth test, Leeds - Aug 7-9: Australia won by an innings and 80 runs
Fifth test, Oval: England won by 197 runs

The second day of the fifth Ashes test at the Oval

2009-08-22T04:02:00.000-07:00

Scoreboard at the close on the second dayof the fifth Ashes test between England and Australia at theOval, London on Friday.

England resumed their second innings on 58 for three on the third day of the fifth Ashes test at the Oval on Saturday, an overall lead of 230 over Australia.
Captain Andrew Strauss was on 32 and debutant Jonathan Trott had scored eight. Play began in bright sunshine with England pressing for the win which would regain the Ashes.

England first innings (overnight 307-8)

A. Strauss c Haddin b Hilfenhaus 55
A. Cook c Ponting b Siddle 10
I. Bell b Siddle 72
P. Collingwood c Hussey b Siddle 24
J. Trott run out 41
M. Prior c Watson b Johnson 18
A. Flintoff c Haddin b Johnson 7
S. Broad c Ponting b Hilfenhaus 37
G. Swann c Haddin b Siddle 18
J. Anderson lbw b Hilfenhaus 0
S. Harmison not out 12

Extras: (b-12, lb-5, w-3, nb-18) 38

Total: (all out; 90.5 overs) 332 Fall of wicket: 1-12 2-114 3-176 4-181 5-229 6-247 7-268
8-307 9-308 Bowling: Hilfenhaus: 21.5-5-71-3 (5nb), Siddle 21-6-75-4
(4nb), Clark 14-5-41-0, Johnson 15-0-69-2 (8nb, 3w), North
14-3-33-0 (1nb), Watson 5-0-26-0.

Australia first innings

S. Watson lbw b Broad 34
S. Katich c Cook b Swann 50
R. Ponting b Broad 8
M. Hussey lbw b Broad 0
M. Clarke c Trott b Broad 3
M. North lbw b Swann 8
B. Haddin b Broad 1
M. Johnson c Prior b Swann 11
P. Siddle not out 26
S. Clark c Cook b Swann 6
B. Hilfenhaus b Flintoff 6

Extras: (lb-5, nb-1, b-1) 7

Total: (all out; 52.5 overs) 160 Fall of wickets: 1-73 2-85 3-89 4-93 5-108 6-109 7-111 8-131
9-143

Bowling: Anderson 9-3-29-0, Flintoff 13.5-4-35-1, Swann
14-3-38-4, Harmison 4-1-15-0 (1nb), Broad 12-1-37-5

England second innings

A. Strauss not out 32
A. Cook c Clarke b North 9
I. Bell c Katich b Johnson 4
P. Collingwood c Katich b Johnson 1
J. Trott not out 8
Extras: (lb-1, w-1, nb-2) 4
Total: (three wickets; 28 overs) 58 Fall of wickets: 1-27 2-34 3-39
To bat: M. Prior, A. Flintoff, S. Broad, G. Swann, J.
Anderson, S. Harmison

Bowling (to date):
Hilfenhaus 5-1-9-0 (2nb),
Siddle6-1-15-0, North 9-2-15-1,
Johnson 4-0-12-2 (1w),
Katich 4-2-6-0

England v Australia, 5th Test, The Oval, 1st day

2009-08-21T01:03:00.000-07:00

England were 307 for eight wickets at the close of the first day of the fifth Ashes test against Australia at the Oval on Thursday.

Strauss c Haddin b Hilfenhaus 55

A. Cook c Ponting b Siddle 10 ]

I. Bell b Siddle 72 P.

Collingwood c Hussey b Siddle 24

J. Trott run out 41

M. Prior c Watson b Johnson 18

A. Flintoff c Haddin b Johnson 7

S. Broad not out 26 G.

Swann c Haddin b Siddle 18

Extras: (b-12, lb-4, w-3, nb-17) 36 Total: (eight wickets; 85.3 overs) 307
Fall of wicket: 1-12 2-114 3-176 4-181 5-229 6-247 7-268 8-307
To bat: J. Anderson, S. Harmison.

Bowling:
Hilfenhaus: 19-5-59-1 (5nb),

Siddle 18.3-6-63-4 (3nb),

Clark 14-5-41-0,

Johnson 15-0-69-2 (8nb, 3w),

North 14-3-33-0 (1nb), Watson 5-0-26-0.

T 20 World Cup Schedule

2009-06-06T09:51:00.000-07:00

Twenty20 Game is fastest game, Defending champion India is Group A the weakest Group were as the Most Strongest Group is C the team such as Australia, Sri Lanka and West Indies.

Group A = India, Bangladesh, Ireland
Group B = England, Pakistan, Netherlands
Group C = Australia, Srilanka, West Indies
Group D = New Zealand, South Africa, Scotland

Date TimeGMT Match
5th Jun 4:30pm England Vs Netherlands

6th Jun 9:00am New Zealand Vs Scotland

6th Jun 12:30am Australia Vs West Indies

6th Jun 4:30pm India Vs Bangladesh

7th Jun 12:30am South Africa Vs Scotland

7th Jun 4:30pm England Vs Pakistan

8th Jun 12:30am Ireland Vs Bangladesh

8th Jun 4:30pm Australia Vs Sri Lanka

9th Jun 12:30am Pakistan Vs Netherlands

9th Jun 4:30pm New Zealand Vs South Africa

10th Jun 12:30am Sri Lanka Vs West Indies

10th Jun 4:30pm India Vs Ireland

SUPER SIX

11th Jun 12:30am A2 Vs D1 at Trent

11th Jun 4:30pm B2 Vs D2 at Trent

12th Jun 12:30am B1 Vs C2 at Lord's

12th Jun 4:30pm A1 Vs C1 at Lord's

13th Jun 12:30am C1 Vs D2 at Kennington Oval

13th Jun 4:30pm D1 Vs B1at Kennington Oval

14th Jun 12:30am A2 Vs C2 at Lord's

14th Jun 4:30pm A1 Vs B2 at Lord's

15th Jun 12:30am B2 Vs C1at Kennington Oval

15th Jun 4:30pm B1 Vs A2at Kennington Oval

16th Jun 12:30am D1 Vs C2 at Trent

16th Jun 4:30pm D2 Vs A1 at Trent

18th Jun 4:30pm Semi - Final

19th Jun 4:30pm Semi - Final

21st Jun 2:00pm Final

Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, Durban

2009-04-21T11:33:00.000-07:00

Kolkata Knight Riders 79 for 1 (Gayle 44*, McCullum 21) beat Kings XI Punjab 158 for 6 (Yuvraj 38, Pathan 32, Ganguly 2-24) by 11 runs by D/L method

Sourav Ganguly made yet another comeback, this time with the ball, to help Kolkata Knight Riders keep Kings XI Punjab down to 158 for 6. Thereafter, Chris Gayle made the most of two dropped chances to dishearten Punjab and take Kolkata 11 ahead of the Duckworth-Lewis par-score when heavy rain ended the match in the 10th over.

Ganguly had been quiet in the lead-up to this tournament; he had lost his captaincy and looked out of sorts in scoring 1 in 12 balls against Deccan Chargers. Today, though, he made his statement with the ball, taking two wickets in his first over and pulling Punjab back from a solid-yet-unspectacular start.

When Ganguly came on to bowl, Irfan Pathan, promoted to No. 3, had just taken Ishant Sharma for 14 in his third over, and Punjab had moved along to 46 for 1 at the end of six overs. Thirty-two of those had come from Irfan's bat, in 17 deliveries.

And then Ganguly struck, fortuitously at first. Irfan went for a six to the deep midwicket area and was caught smartly by Murali Kartik at the boundary. Two balls later, Ganguly got Ravi Bopara, the opener, to edge to the new captain, Brendon McCullum. Both men were elated, the captain with his bowling change, the bowler having proved a point, and both ran in different directions to celebrate and eventually hugged each other.

Punjab moved from 46 for 1 in six to 67 for 3 in ten overs before a rain interruption. Following that, Punjab enjoyed two of the best overs of their innings. Yuvraj Singh hit a six off Ganguly to take 14 off his third over. Yet, Ganguly ended with figures of 24 for 2 off his four. And just after the rain break, in perhaps a poor tactical move, McCullum brought Chris Gayle on, who had trouble gripping the wet ball and bowled three wides in his 14-run over.

Yuvraj couldn't quite manage a reprise of his six sixes in an over at the same venue, during the inaugural ICC World Twenty20. And once he top-edged Moises Henriques in the 16th over, falling for 38 off 28, caught by Yashpal, Punjab were always struggling.

Thirty-six came off 26 balls after Yuvraj's fall, thanks largely to Mahela Jayawardene, who scored 31 in 19, and took the last over, bowled by Ashok Dinda, for 16, the biggest over of the innings.

But the hitting from Irfan, Yuvraj and Jayawardene paled in comparison with Gayle's. He played the first two overs quietly, and enjoyed a dropped sitter by Karan Goel at short midwicket off Yusuf Abdulla. It was a forgettable day for Goel, who had earlier scored a seven-ball duck.
Once Gayle carved Irfan over cover-point in the third over of the innings, the floodgates opened. From 4 off 8 balls, he reached 31 off 15 through a calculated assault on the left-arm opening bowlers. And then, in the fifth over of the innings, the game breaker came. Irfan was spanked straight and pulled square off the first two balls, and then Gayle showed him the greens, teeing off to over wide long-on.

By the time Gayle was dropped again, by Kumar Sangakkara, off a Piyush Chawla googly, he had taken the match out of Punjab's reach as the dark clouds gathered.

For the second game in succession, Punjab have been curtailed by rain, but this time they succumbed to Ganguly and Gayle, as opposed to their first match, when Delhi's chase was reduced to a six-over hit-out.

Kings XI Punjab
RS Bopara 15

K Goel 0I

K Pathan 32

KC Sangakkara 26

Yuvraj Singh 38

DPMD Jayawardene 31*

T Kohli 1PP Chawla 3*

I Sharma 1/24

AB Dinda 1/34

MC Henriques 1/32

SC Ganguly 2/24

LR Shukla 0/22
CH Gayle 0/14

M Kartik 0/7

Kolkata Knight Riders innings

BB McCullum 21

CH Gayle 44*

BJ Hodge 10*

IK Pathan 0/27

YA Abdulla 0/20

VS Malik 1/23

PP Chawla 0/8

RS Bopara 0/1

IPL Season 2 schedule/fixture

2009-04-18T00:49:00.000-07:00

Secon Season Schedule

April 18: RAJASTHAN ROYALS v ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (4 pm) at Cape Town; MUMBAI INDIANS v CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (8 pm) at Cape Town

April 19: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v DECCAN CHARGERS (4 pm) at Cape Town; DELHI DAREDEVILS v KINGS XI PUNJAB (8 pm) at Cape Town.

April 20: ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE V CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth.

April 21: RAJASTHAN ROYALS v MUMBAI INDIANS (4 pm) at Durban; KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v KINGS XI PUNJAB (8 pm) at Durban

April 22: DELHI DAREDEVILS v CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (4 pm) at Durban; ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE v DECCAN CHARGERS (8 pm) at Cape Town

April 23: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v RAJASTHAN ROYALS (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth

April 24: KINGS XI PUNJAB v ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (4 pm) at Johannesburg

April 25: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (4 pm) at Cape Town; DECCAN CHARGERS v MUMBAI INDIANS (8 pm) at Durban.

April 26: RAJASTHAN ROYALS v KINGS XI PUNJAB (4 pm) at Cape Town; ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE v DELHI DAREDEVILS (8 pm) Port Elizabeth

April 27: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v MUMBAI INDIANS (4 pm) at Cape Town; CHENNAI SUPER KINGS v DECCAN CHARGERS (8 pm) at Durban.

April 28: DELHI DAREDEVILS v RAJASTHAN ROYALS (4 pm) at Pretoria

April 29: MUMBAI INDIANS v KINGS XI PUNJAB (4 pm) at Durban; KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (8 pm) at Durban

April 30: DELHI DAREDEVILS v DECCAN CHARGERS (4 pm) at Pretoria; RAJASTHAN ROYALS v CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (8 pm) at Pretoria.

May 1: ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE v KINGS XI PUNJAB (4 pm) at East London; MUMBAI INDIANS v KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (8 pm) at Durban

May 2: RAJASTHAN ROYALS v DECCAN CHARGERS (4 pm) at Johannesburg; CHENNAI SUPER KINGS v DELHI DAREDEVILS (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth

May 3: MUMBAI INDIANS v ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (4 pm) at Durban; KINGS XI PUNJAB v KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (8 pm) at East London

May 4: DECCAN CHARGERS v CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth

May 5: DELHI DAREDEVILS v KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (4 pm) at Durban; KINGS XI PUNJAB v RAJASTHAN ROYALS (8 pm) at Durban

May 6: MUMBAI INDIANS v DECCAN CHARGERS (4 pm) at Pretoria

May 7: KINGS XI PUNJAB v CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (4 pm) at Pretoria; ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE v RAJASTHAN ROYALS (8 pm) at Pretoria

May 8: DELHI DAREDEVILS v MUMBAI INDIANS (4 pm) at East London

May 9: DECCAN CHARGERS v KINGS XI PUNJAB (4 pm) at Bloemfontein; CHENNAI SUPER KINGS v RAJASTHAN ROYALS (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth

May 10: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS v DELHI DAREDEVILS (4 pm) at East London; ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE v MUMBAI INDIANS (8 pm) at Johannesburg

May 11: DECCAN CHARGERS v RAJASTHAN ROYALS (4 pm) at Bloemfontein

May 12: ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE v KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (4 pm) at Pretoria; KINGS XI PUNJAB v MUMBAI INDIANS (8 pm) at Pretoria.

May 13: DECCAN CHARGERS v DELHI DAREDEVILS (4 pm) at Durban

May 14: MUMBAI INDIANS v RAJASTHAN ROYALS (4 pm) at Durban; CHENNAI SUPER KINGS v ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (8 pm) at Durban.

May 15: KINGS XI PUNJAB v DELHI DAREDEVILS (4 pm) at Kimberley

May 16: CHENNAI SUPER KINGS v MUMBAI INDIANS (4 pm) at Johannesburg; DECCAN CHARGERS v KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth

May 17: RAJASTHAN ROYALS v DELHI DAREDEVILS (4 pm) at Kimberley; KINGS XI PUNJAB v DECCAN CHARGERS (8 pm) at Johannesburg

May 18: CHENNAI SUPER KINGS v KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (4 pm) at Pretoria

May 19: DELHI DAREDEVILS v ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (4 pm) at Johannesburg

May 20: CHENNAI SUPER KINGS v KINGS XI PUNJAB (4 pm) at Durban; RAJASTHAN ROYALS v KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (8 pm) at Durban

May 21: DECCAN CHARGERS v ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (4 pm) at Pretoria; MUMBAI INDIANS v DELHI DAREDEVILS (8 pm) at Pretoria

May 22: Semi Final 1 at Pretoria
May 23: Semi Final 2 at Johannesburg
May 24: Final at Johannesburg.

India Take first series win in New Zealand in 41 years.

2009-04-07T13:40:00.000-07:00

The Wellington weather and a Ross Taylor century defied India as the third Test ended in a draw with New Zealand eight wickets down. Zaheer Khan had bowled just one delivery with the second new ball when the rain forced the players off the field 20 minutes after lunch, and they wouldn't return. India were left to reflect on three dropped catches, while New Zealand might have argued that they were due a bit of luck after two decisions went against them. The draw might have been an unsatisfactory result, but it still sealed a first Indian series win in New Zealand in 41 years.
They could have won it even before the heavens opened though. Tim Southee was given out caught behind off Harbhajan Singh, though the noise that got all the close-in fielders excited was actually bat hitting pad. Moments later, it was New Zealand that were the beneficiaries of umpiring largesse. Harbhajan turned one sharply and Daniel Vettori was palpably plumb, but Simon Taufel thought otherwise.
When Ishant Sharma then grassed a simple chance at square leg after Iain O'Brien had slogged Tendulkar, the Indians might have known it wasn't to be their day. Soon after, Zaheer came on and so did the rain. And that was that.

The story of the morning had been Sachin Tendulkar. It had taken MS Dhoni 76 overs to give the ball to him, but two wickets shortly before lunch in an extended morning session put the smiles back on Indian faces after a 142-run partnership between Taylor and James Franklin had kept them at bay. New Zealand were also left to ponder a poor decision against Brendon McCullum as their struggle for survival was compromised in a crazy passage of play just before the interval.

Zaheer had an early shout for leg-before against Franklin turned down, but the theme of the first hour was stout resistance. Taylor continued to feast on short and wide offerings from Ishant, and the Indian mood didn't improve when Gautam Gambhir failed to hold on to a chance at short leg after Franklin had popped one up off bad and pad. New Zealand added 38 before the drinks break, and soon after an airy flick down to fine leg off Harbhajan got Taylor to his century from just 158 balls.

Tendulkar was introduced soon after, but the frustration continued as Franklin edged one past slip for four. And it was left to the frontline spinner to strike, though relying on drift rather than turn to get the job done. Taylor's attempt to push the ball away was stymied by the movement through the air and Harbhajan's celebrations were certainly not muted as he yorked the key obstacle in India's path.

Soon after, Munaf Patel put down McCullum at mid-off off Tendulkar, but the second chance didn't go a long way. A ripping leg break spun past the bat and through to slip via Dhoni's gloves, but the impact of bat on the ground fooled the umpire into upholding India's appeal. And if that was a serious blow to New Zealand's hopes, worse was to follow, as Franklin who had eased his way to 49 was trapped in front by another delivery that turned sharply into him. As at Adelaide five years earlier, Tendulkar had compensated for an average performance with the bat by turning into the man with the golden arm. But even he could do nothing about the weather.

Third Test: India 379 (Tendulkar 62, Harbhajan 60, Dhoni 52, Martin 4-98) and 434 for 7 dec (Gambhir 167, Laxman 61, Dravid 60, Dhoni 56*) drew with New Zealand 197 (Zaheer 5-65) and 281 for 8 (Taylor 107, Harbhajan 4-59)

India claimed their first test series victory in New Zealand since 1968 after rain forced the third match at the Basin Reserve to end in a draw on Tuesday.
The hosts, already 1-0 down in the best of three series lurched to 281 for eight when a light rain shower forced the players off at 1408 (0208 GMT), about 30 minutes after lunch while they were chasing 617 for an unlikely victory.
Captain Daniel Vettori was on 15, while Iain O'Brien was on 19 when they left the field, and despite two attempts to remove the covers, persistent showers propelled by gale-force northerly winds ensured they never returned from the dressing room.
Umpires called the game off at 1630 with heavy overcast conditions overhead and the light fading fast.
New Zealand were trailing by a massive 335 runs when rain intervened and with 57.3 overs remaining in the day's play, facing their worst defeat by runs at home. They were beaten by 299 runs by Pakistan at Eden Park in 2001.
"It was a very good team effort. The batsmen and the bowlers contributed when it was needed from them," India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni told reporters.
New Zealand had resumed the fifth day on 167 for four with Ross Taylor on 69 and Franklin on 26, with their intention to hold out until the forecast poor weather arrived in the afternoon to dampen India's hopes of a 2-0 series victory.
FINAL SAY
Taylor, who was recalled on Monday after initially being given out for nine, moved comfortably through to his fourth test century, which he achieved when he flicked a Harbhajan delivery to fine leg for his 15th boundary.
Harbhajan, however, had the final say when Taylor played around a delivery that did not turn and was bowled for 107 to end the 142-run partnership with Franklin.
Wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum survived a chance while on nought when Munaf Patel dropped him at mid-off from a Sachin Tendulkar full toss, but he failed to capitalise when an edge rebounded of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's gloves to Rahul Dravid.
Tendulkar then trapped Franklin in front for 49 to leave New Zealand in deep trouble on 254 for seven at lunch, and with just the bowlers remaining, little hope of batting out the day.
The matched seemed destined for an early finish when Tim Southee was caught by India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for three off Harbhajan Singh shortly after the lunch interval.
O'Brien, who hit four boundaries in his innings, and Vettori however provided some stubborn resistance and as the rain intensified, they had no hesitation in heading to the changing rooms when asked by umpires Simon Taufel and Daryl Harper.
"I think India outplayed us in most departments apart from our first morning session when we had them 200 for six, from then on in, it's been India's game," said Vettori.
"But there's been some pleasing aspects, the fight that Ross Taylor and James Franklin showed to give us even a chance of saving the game was pleasing.
"But India obviously dominated the game."