Yuvraj shines as India beat England by 5 wickets

Yuvraj Singh produced a brilliant all-round display as India finally brought about some cheer for their fans with a comfortable five-wicket victory over England in the first Twenty20 International on Thursday.

Yuvraj took three for 19 from his four overs to restrict England to a manageable 157 for six and then blasted 38 off 21 balls to set up an easy chase as the home team reached the target with 13 balls to spare.

After the humiliation in the Test series, Indian team saw a change in fortune in the shortest format to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

The second and final T20 International will be played on Saturday.

Asian giants India and Sri Lanka for Tri Nations in West Indies

The bumper season of international cricket in the Caribbean will reach a crescendo when the three biggest teams in Limited Overs cricket clash in the Caribbean in June and July next year in a seven match One Day International Tri Nation Series.

Reigning World T20 champions West Indies will host the two Asian giants - World 50 Over champions India and Sri Lanka - the losing finalists in both the ICC World Twenty20 Championship and Cricket World Cup.

Each team will play the other two teams twice with the matches scheduled for Sabina Park in Jamaica and Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad.

The Series will bowl off in Kingston ON June 28th with the Windies tackling India on June 28th. A total of three matches will be played at Sabina with four matches, including the final, to be staged at Queen's Park. The final will be played on July 11th, by the two teams with the most points after the six preliminary matches.

The Limited Overs portion of the Sri Lankan tour of the West Indies which was originally scheduled for April/May will now be played as part of the Tri Nation Series.

The Sri Lankan tour of the West Indies was rescheduled to allow players from both teams to participate in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

As part of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Future Tours Programme (FTP), Sri Lanka was originally scheduled to tour the Caribbean for two Tests, three ODIs and two Twenty20 Internationals in 2013. The two Tests have been deferred and will be played at a later date in the FTP cycle.

In addition to India and Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Pakistan will also tour the Caribbean in 2013, making it the first time four international teams will visit the region in a calendar year (outside of a world tournament).

Full Schedule (All matches - 50 Overs)

Sabina Park
Friday, June 28: West Indies v India
Sunday, June 30: India v Sri Lanka
Tuesday, July 2: West Indies v Sri Lanka

Queen's Park Oval
Friday, July 5: West Indies v India
Sunday, July 7: Sri Lanka v India
Tuesday, July 9: West Indies v Sri Lanka


Thursday, July 11: Final

India vs England -1st T20-(India won by 5 wickets)

India vs England

Date: Thu 20 December, 2012 - 13:30 (GMT)
Venue: Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium

India won the toss and elected to bowl first

England 157/6(20.0)
India 158/5(17.5)

 

 

 

Siddle strikes to spark dramatic Australia win

Seamers Peter Siddle and Mitchell Starc shared six late wickets to give Australia a dramatic 137-run victory over Sri Lanka in the last hour of the fifth and final day of the first test on Tuesday.

Siddle, who finished the match with figures of 9-104, and left-armer Starc, who took 5-63 in the second innings, caught fire in the final session to bowl the tourists out for 255 and give Australia a 1-0 lead in the three-test series.

Having been stymied in similar circumstances by a brilliant rearguard action from South Africa in Adelaide last month, Australia were desperate not to repeat the experience in Hobart.

It looked like it might be a case of deja vu at tea, however, when some resilient batting from the Sri Lankans and a couple of rain breaks frustrated the hosts for two sessions.

Siddle had already taken the key wickets of captain Mahela Jayawardene (19) and ICC Cricketer of the Year Kumar Sangakkara (63) around lunch but the tourists reached tea on 186 with six wickets still in hand.

In a sign of Australia's growing desperation, wicketkeeper Matthew Wade shed his pads and gloves to bowl the final over before the break and claimed a maiden in his first spell in senior cricket.

Sri Lanka, set a victory target of 393, could still conceivably have won the match but a paltry return of 42 runs in the second session clearly indicated they were batting for a draw rather than a first win in Australia.

The Australian bowling unit, a man down after local quick Ben Hilfenhaus suffered a side strain, never gave up, even if Siddle looked like the only man who might break through for much of the day.

The 28-year-old struck again on the first ball of his second over after tea to dismiss obdurate all-rounder Angelo Mathews, caught behind by Wade for 19.

With the rain staying away, Siddle then removed the last of the Sri Lankan top order with a sizzling delivery which trapped Thilan Samaraweera lbw, one run short of the batsman's half century.

Samaraweera almost reluctantly appealed to the television umpire but it was a wasted appeal and removed another weapon from the tourist's armoury as they sought to bat out the day.

With Sri Lanka reduced to 218-6, Siddle took a rest but left-arm quick Starc picked up the baton and had soon removed Prasanna Jayawardene for 21.

A fullish inswinger nearly took the wickekeeper's hand off and the ball flew off his glove to Mike Hussey at second slip to leave just three tailend wickets standing with around 90 minutes of play remaining.

Another peach of a delivery from Starc sent Nuwan Kulasekara back to the pavilion for nine and a perfectly delivered yorker soon afterwards removed Rangana Herath for eight.

With Siddle now bowling from the other end, it was a straight fight between the two for who would take the five wicket haul and win the match for Australia.

Starc took the honours when he had Shaminda Eranga caught behind for six, sparking huge celebrations among his team mates and the disappointingly small crowd of some 2,000.

Siddle was named Man of the Match but was also at the centre of a ball tampering row after a picture of the bowler apparently picking at the seam in Sri Lanka's first innings circulated on social media.

The ICC said match referee Chris Broad had received no official complaints but Sri Lankan team manager Charith Senanayake confirmed he had unofficially expressed his concerns to the former England batsman.

Australia vs Sri Lanka -1st test (Australia won by 137 runs)

 

Australia vs Sri Lanka

Date: Thu 13 December, 2012 - 0:30 (GMT)
Venue: Bellerive Oval

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first

 

Australia   450/5(131.0) 

                278/9(73.5)
Sri Lanka 336/10(109.3) 

                255/10(119.2)

Man of the Match-Peter Siddle

 

 

West Indies vs Bangladesh-1st T20

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first.

Batting - West Indies 1st innings		Runs	B	4's	6's	S/R
Smith	b Rubel Hossain	24	21	3	1	114.29
Gayle	b Rubel Hossain	6	7	1	0	85.71
Samuels	not out	85	43	3	9	197.67
Bravo	st Mushfiqur Rahim b Sohag Gazi	41	28	5	2	146.43
Pollard	b Ziaur Rahman	15	9	0	2	166.67
Simmons	not out	18	12	2	0	150
Sammy*		0	0	0	0	0
Thomas+		0	0	0	0	0
Russell		0	0	0	0	0
Narine		0	0	0	0	0
Roach		0	0	0	0	0
Extras	(b 0, lb 1, w 7, nb 0, pen )	8
Total	(20.0 overs , 4 wickets )	197   ( 9.85 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1 - 25 (Gayle, 2.6), 2 - 30 (Smith, 4.5), 3 - 96 (Bravo, 11.5), 4 - 121 (Pollard, 14.4)

Bowling - Bangladesh 1st Innings	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	E/R
Sohag Gazi	4.0	0	44	1	0	2	11
Shafiul Islam	4.0	0	26	0	0	0	6.5
Rubel Hossain	4.0	0	63	2	0	0	15.75
Abdur Razzak	3.0	0	32	0	0	1	10.67
Mahmudullah	1.0	0	15	0	0	0	15
Ziaur Rahman	4.0	0	16	1	0	0	4

Batting - Bangladesh 1st innings		Runs	B	4's	6's	S/R
Tamim Iqbal	not out	88	61	10	2	144.26
Anamul Haque	c Sammy b Roach	22	12	3	1	183.33
Mahmudullah	not out	64	48	3	4	133.33
Mominul Haque		0	0	0	0	0
Mushfiqur Rahim*		0	0	0	0	0
Nasir Hossain		0	0	0	0	0
Sohag Gazi		0	0	0	0	0
Abdur Razzak		0	0	0	0	0
Shafiul Islam		0	0	0	0	0
Rubel Hossain		0	0	0	0	0
Ziaur Rahman		0	0	0	0	0
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 1, pen )	5
Total	(20.0 overs , 1 wickets )	179   ( 8.95 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1 - 47 (Anamul Haque, 4.2)

Bowling - West Indies 1st Innings	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	E/R
Sammy	2.0	0	30	0	0	0	15
Roach	4.0	0	36	1	1	0	9
Russell	1.0	0	17	0	0	0	17
Samuels	4.0	0	32	0	0	0	8
Narine	3.0	0	27	0	0	1	9
Gayle	4.0	0	18	0	0	0	4.5
Smith	2.0	0	16	0	0	0	8

Match details

Toss: West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
Umpires: Enamul Haque and Anisur Rahman
Third Umpire: REJ Martinesz
Referee: AJ Pycroft

West Indies won by 18 runs

Harbhajan dropped from India T20 squad

Harbhajan Singh was dropped from the India T20 squad for the upcoming series against England.

Harbhajan who was part of the squad at the ICC World Twenty20, made way for Ravindra Jadeja.

Also left out from the 15-man squad for the two-match series were senior pros Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan who were unavailable and hence not considered for selection.

Ajinkya Rahane and Parvinder Awana were chosen in place of Sehwag and Zaheer.
All-rounder Bhuvneshwar Kumar was chosen in place of Irfan Pathan. The Baroda all-rounder, Pathan is currently injured and is not available for selection.

Squad: MS Dhoni (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Manoj Tiwary, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla, Ashok Dinda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Laxmipathy Balaji, Parvinder Awana.

UVA CHALLENGERS vs JAPURA KINGS-3rd consecutive lost of Uva

End of over the first innings | UVA CHALLENGERS 105/9 (20 overs) | N.H.L.Ariyaratne 38(42) M.J.J.Hassan 27(13) | SM Karunaratne 4-0-13-4, DMDC Weerasekara 4-0-11-2 | JAPURA KINGS requires 106 runs to win from 20 overs with 5.3 rate per over.

End of the 2nd innings | JAPURA KINGS 108/5 (overs 14.5) | TM Samarasinghe 38(28), GSPK Silva 25(18) | M.J.J.Hassan 2-0-13-2, K.A.R.L. Ariyasena 3.5-0-8-1 |
JAPURA KINGS won the match by 5 wickets. 

Red Bull Campus cricket SriLanka 2013-Group Teams

Date Time Match Group Teams Venue
07/12/2012 9.30am 1 D UVA Vs RUH Peradeniya
07/12/2012 2.00pm 2 D SJP Vs SAB Peradeniya

08/12/2012 9.30am 3 D UVA Vs SAB Peradeniya
08/12/2012 2.00pm 4 D SJP Vs RUH Peradeniya
09/12/2012 9.30am 5 D RUH Vs SAB Peradeniya
09/12/2012 2.00pm 6 D SJP Vs UVA Peradeniya
07/12/2012 9.30am 7 C JAF Vs SEA Rajarata/ Wayamba
07/12/2012 2.00pm 8 C KEL Vs EST Rajarata/ Wayamba
08/12/2012 9.30am 9 C JAF Vs EST Rajarata/ Wayamba
08/12/2012 2.00pm 10 C KEL Vs SEA Rajarata/ Wayamba
09/12/2012 9.30am 11 C SEA Vs EST Rajarata/ Wayamba
09/12/2012 2.00pm 12 C KEL Vs JAF Rajarata/ Wayamba
14/12/2012 9.30am 13 B WAY Vs RAJ Wayamba
15/12/2012 9.30am 14 B COL Vs RAJ Wayamba
16/12/2012 9.30am 15 B COL Vs WAY Wayamba
14/12/2012 9.30am 16 A MOR Vs VPA Moratuwa
15/12/2012 9.30am 17 A PER Vs VPA Moratuwa
16/12/2012 9.30am 18 A MOR Vs PER Moratuwa

India vs England Test-England won by 7 wickets

India won the toss and elected to bat first.

Batting - India 1st innings		Runs	B	4's	6's	S/R
Gambhir	c Trott b Panesar	60	124	12	0	48.39
Sehwag	run out ( Finn/Prior )	23	26	3	0	88.46
Pujara	b Panesar	16	48	2	0	33.33
Tendulkar	c †Prior b Anderson	76	155	13	0	49.03
Kohli	c Swann b Anderson	6	24	1	0	25
Yuvraj Singh	c Cook b Swann	32	54	4	1	59.26
Dhoni*	c Swann b Finn	52	114	5	2	45.61
Ashwin	b Anderson	21	43	2	0	48.84
Khan	lbw Panesar	6	21	1	0	28.57
Sharma	b Panesar	0	3	0	0	0
Ojha	not out	0	19	0	0	0
Extras	(b 5, lb 13, w 5, nb 1, pen )	24
Total	(105.0 overs , 10 wickets )	316   ( 3.01 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1 - 47 (Sehwag, 10.1), 2 - 88 (Pujara, 25.4), 3 - 117 (Gambhir, 41.1), 4 - 136 (Kohli, 48.4), 5 - 215 (Yuvraj Singh, 68.3), 6 - 230 (Tendulkar, 74.1), 7 - 268 (Ashwin, 88.3), 8 - 292 (Khan, 93.6), 9 - 296 (Sharma, 95.3), 10 - 316 (Dhoni, 104.6)

Bowling - England 1st Innings	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	E/R
Anderson	28.0	7	89	3	0	1	3.18
Finn	21.0	2	73	1	1	0	3.48
Panesar	40.0	13	90	4	0	0	2.25
Swann	16.0	3	46	1	0	0	2.88

Batting - England 1st innings		Runs	B	4's	6's	S/R
Cook*	run out ( Kohli )	190	377	23	2	50.4
Compton	lbw Ojha	57	137	6	1	41.61
Trott	c †Dhoni b Ojha	87	223	10	0	39.01
Pietersen	lbw Ashwin	54	85	9	1	63.53
Bell	c †Dhoni b Sharma	5	23	0	0	21.74
Patel	c Sehwag b Ojha	33	47	5	0	70.21
Prior+	c †Dhoni b Khan	41	49	6	1	83.67
Swann	c Sehwag b Ojha	21	46	3	0	45.65
Finn	not out	4	13	1	0	30.77
Anderson	c Sehwag b Ashwin	9	9	1	0	100
Panesar	lbw Ashwin	0	1	0	0	0
Extras	(b 13, lb 4, w 0, nb 5, pen )	22
Total	(167.3 overs , 10 wickets )	523   ( 3.13 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1 - 165 (Compton, 52.6), 2 - 338 (Trott, 119.2), 3 - 359 (Cook, 126.5), 4 - 395 (Bell, 136.5), 5 - 420 (Pietersen, 143.2), 6 - 453 (Patel, 149.6), 7 - 510 (Swann, 163.2), 8 - 510 (Prior, 164.2), 9 - 523 (Anderson, 167.2), 10 - 523 (Panesar, 167.3)

Bowling - India 1st Innings	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	E/R
Khan	31.0	6	94	1	0	0	3.03
Sharma	29.0	8	78	1	5	0	2.69
Ashwin	52.3	9	183	3	0	0	3.5
Ojha	52.0	10	142	4	0	0	2.73
Yuvraj Singh	3.0	1	9	0	0	0	3

Batting - India 2nd innings		Runs	B	4's	6's	S/R
Gambhir	c †Prior b Finn	40	104	4	1	38.46
Sehwag	b Swann	49	57	7	0	85.96
Pujara	run out ( Bell )	8	22	2	0	36.36
Tendulkar	c Trott b Swann	5	6	1	0	83.33
Kohli	c †Prior b Finn	20	60	3	0	33.33
Yuvraj Singh	b Anderson	11	17	2	0	64.71
Dhoni*	c Cook b Anderson	0	3	0	0	0
Ashwin	not out	91	157	15	0	57.96
Khan	lbw Finn	0	4	0	0	0
Sharma	b Panesar	10	53	2	0	18.87
Ojha	b Anderson	3	25	0	0	12
Extras	(b 8, lb 2, w 0, nb 0, pen )	10
Total	(84.4 overs , 10 wickets )	247   ( 2.93 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1 - 86 (Sehwag, 21.1), 2 - 98 (Pujara, 28.6), 3 - 103 (Gambhir, 30.4), 4 - 107 (Tendulkar, 31.5), 5 - 122 (Yuvraj Singh, 36.4), 6 - 122 (Dhoni, 38.1), 7 - 155 (Kohli, 52.5), 8 - 159 (Khan, 54.3), 9 - 197 (Sharma, 72.3), 10 - 247 (Ojha, 84.4)

Bowling - England 2nd Innings	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	E/R
Anderson	15.4	4	38	3	0	0	2.47
Finn	18.0	6	45	3	0	0	2.5
Panesar	22.0	1	75	1	0	0	3.41
Swann	28.0	9	70	2	0	0	2.5
Patel	1.0	0	9	0	0	0	9

Batting - England 2nd innings		Runs	B	4's	6's	S/R
Cook*	st Dhoni b Ashwin	1	4	0	0	25
Compton	not out	9	30	1	0	30
Trott	lbw Ojha	3	6	0	0	50
Pietersen	c †Dhoni b Ashwin	0	5	0	0	0
Bell	not out	28	28	4	0	100
Patel		0	0	0	0	0
Prior+		0	0	0	0	0
Swann		0	0	0	0	0
Panesar		0	0	0	0	0
Anderson		0	0	0	0	0
Finn		0	0	0	0	0
Extras	(b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0, pen )	0
Total	(12.1 overs , 3 wickets )	41   ( 3.39 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1 - 4 (Cook, 0.5), 2 - 7 (Trott, 3.2), 3 - 8 (Pietersen, 4.2)

Bowling - India 2nd Innings	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	E/R
Ashwin	6.1	1	31	2	0	0	5.08
Ojha	6.0	3	10	1	0	0	1.67

Match details

Toss: India won the toss and elected to bat first.
Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena and RJ Tucker
Third Umpire: VA Kulkarni
Referee: JJ Crowe

England won by 7 wickets