Archive for May 23rd, 2008

Blow by Blow: IPL, Match 48, MOH vs HYD: Mohali win by six wickets

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

20th Over: RP to bowl the last over. A leg bye. Chawla chips it over the infield to get two. FOUR! Chawla punhes it through covers and that is it. Mohali win by six wikcets
19th Over: Styris back into the attack. SIX! Chawla blasts it into the crwod. Chawla gets a single to bring Jayawardena […]

Fifteenth time lucky

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Partnership of the day
For a long time, any contributions from New Zealand’s top three has been a welcome bonus, so the relative success of Jamie How and Aaron Redmond was a notable moment. Their partnership of 80 was New Zealand’s first half-century opening stand since December 2006, and the best since Stephen Fleming and Mark […]

Sammy strikes blows to Australia

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Darren Sammy and Fidel Edwards led an invigorated West Indies attack that pegged Australia back when the visitors appeared to be building an imposing total and three wickets before lunch left Australia at 372 for 7. It was a much improved display from the home side and at the break Andrew Symonds had battled to […]

Marsh and Sangakkara seal close win

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Despite having little to play for in this dead rubber, Kings XI Punjab put on an imposing performance against the Deccan Chargers and gave the other teams plenty to think about ahead of the semi-finals.
Punjab’s openers injected a dash of nitro fuel to the run chase and added 50 in 3.5 overs. That only one […]

ENG vs NZ, 2nd Test, Day 1: Sidebottom lifts England

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Ryan Sidebottom claimed two late wickets to lift England after New Zealand threatened to take early control of the second Test with a dominant opening partnership at Old Trafford.
Desperate to atone for their failure to take their chances in the drawn opening npower Test at Lord’s, England believed their successful run in Manchester - they […]

IPL: Losing streak frustrates Gilchrist

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist has admitted he is not used to playing for a losing team.
The Chargers, who were bottom of the table heading into Friday’s game with the Kings XI Punjab, have no chance of qualifying for the final four.
Gilchrist tasted defeat in four matches on the trot after taking over the reins […]

High stakes give edge to old rivalry

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

No one present at the DY Patil Sports Academy just under three weeks ago could have thought of it as anything more than a huge upset. The Delhi Daredevils had journeyed west with four wins from their first five games and the label of likely tournament winners. The Mumbai Indians had barely left the starting […]

Taylor responds in kind to England’s aggression

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Ross Taylor is many things: gifted, certainly; confident of course. Predictable? Perhaps not. Yet on a day which saw four New Zealand wickets fall, his breathless 67 has given his side the edge when England had their tails up. When bad light forced an early close, New Zealand had reached a reasonably comfortable 202 for […]

ENG vs SA: Nel back for Proteas

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

South Africa have recalled Andre Nel to a 15-man squad to tour England next month.
The fast bowler, who was controversially left out of the Proteas’ tour to India in March due to Cricket South Africa’s transformation policy, is one of five pacemen in the party which will contest a four-match series starting on July 10.
There […]

New Zealand draft in

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

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Ponting puts Australia in command

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Australia captain Ricky Ponting scored his 35th Test century to put his side on top after day one of the first Test against West Indies in Jamaica.
Ponting made 158 before falling to Dwayne Bravo and now stands second on the Test hundreds list, just four behind India’s Sachin Tendulkar.
The tourists lost both openers cheaply before […]

Sussex revived by defiant Prior

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Matt Prior played another key knock of 64 as Sussex took the upper hand at Trent Bridge, reducing Nottinghamshire to 114-5 in their second innings.
Sussex resumed 96 ahead but, after Michael Yardy and Murray Goodwin shared 52, both fell within four balls.
Prior, who struck 131 in the first innings, was twice dropped but shared 108 […]