Champions Trophy 2009 Update-News, views , Discussion

[Pintu]

Cricket-Sri Lanka v England Champions Trophy scoreboard | Sports | Cricket | Reuters

Cricket-Sri Lanka v England Champions Trophy scoreboard
Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:29pm BST

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Scoreboard after England
beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the Champions Trophy Group B
match 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 8-197
9-197 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, James
Anderson, 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).

(Editing by Neil Maidment)

 

[IBRIS]

India vs. Pakistan Champions Trophy



Pakistan won the toss and decided to BAT. Pakistan 302/9 (50.0 ov)

Pak 302/9 (50.0 ov, Saeed Ajmal 0*, Naved-ul-Hasan 11*, I Sharma 2/39) - Innings break | Live Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

 

[Pintu]

India-Pakistan match scorecard update:


Scorecard

Match Statistics

India v Pakistan, 6th ODI, SuperSport Park, 26 Sep 2009

Score Summary
Runs Run Rate Overs
Pakistan 302/9 6.04 50.0
India 15/0 5.63 2.4​

Umpires: SJ Davis, SJA Taufel
Toss won by Pakistan, Elected to bat

Pakistan innings

Pakistan
Batsman Status Runs Balls 4s 6s FOW
Imran Nazir ct Harbhajan Singh b A Nehra 20 17 4 0 29/1
Kamran Akmal b A Nehra 19 22 3 0 53/2
Younis Khan ct MS Dhoni b RP Singh 20 33 3 0 65/3
Shoaib Malik ct YK Pathan b Harbhajan Singh 128 126 16 0 300/7
Mohammad Yousuf b A Nehra 87 88 7 0 271/4
Shahid Afridi ct MS Dhoni b YK Pathan 4 2 1 0 278/5
Umar Akmal ct MS Dhonib A Nehra 0 1 0 0 289/6
Naved-ul-Hasan not out 11 8 1 0
Umar Gul ct SK Raina b I Sharma 0 2 0 0 301/8
Mohammad Aamer ct V Kohli b I Sharma 0 1 0 0 302/9
Saeed Ajmal not out 0 0 0 0
Total 9 wicket(s); 50.0 over(s) 302

India
Bowler Over MDN Runs Wkts Wide No
A Nehra 10.0 0 55 4 0 0
RP Singh 9.0 1 59 1 2 0
I Sharma 8.0 2 39 2 1 0
V Kohli 3.0 0 21 0 0 0
YK Pathan 10.0 0 56 1 0 0
Harbhajan Singh 10.0 0 71 1 5 0

India innings

India
Batsman Status Runs Balls 4s 6s FOW
G Gambhir not out 7 7 1 0
SR Tendulkar not out 7 9 1 0
Harbhajan Singh
MS Dhoni
RP Singh
I Sharma
YK Pathan
A Nehra
R Dravid
SK Raina
V Kohli
Total 0 wicket(s); 2.4 over(s) 15

Pakistan
Bowler Over MDN Runs Wkts Wide No
Mohammad Aamer 1.4 0 9 0 1 0
Naved-ul-Hasan 1.0 0 6 0 0 0

 

[musalman]

Ho ha !!!! we won

 

[Yusuf]

Congrats. I think I little luck going Indias way would have helped. Run out of Gambhir and the shocker LB of Raina could have gone with India if luck permitted. Those two would have won the game for India while dravid anchored the innings.

 

[IBRIS]

Ho ha !!!! we won

Congratulations brother. It was a great game although India lacked it's major players like Yovraj Singh and Sehwag. But credit goes to reverse swing spiners had the advantage at the 6000ft altitude of thin air altitude.:113:

 

[ahmedsid]

Ho ha !!!! we won

We too lived on, to Play another day! I am sure the next time we meet, I can say "ho ha we won" hahahahah God Speed.

 

[peace123]

congratulation to pakistanis

 

[Pintu]

Congratulation to team Pakistan , it was really great effort from them and won as the team deserved to be won, India lacking seriously in absence of Yuvraaj, Shewag, Zaheer Khan, gave the fight till run out of Gambhir, LBW of Raina and Dhoni's out in short made the difference though Rhaul dravid fought nearly a lone battle after the dismissals , but it was not enough, at last it was the winner , the game cricket itself.

Regards

 

[Pintu]

The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Sports | Indians falter in chase as Afridi spins a web

Indians falter in chase as Afridi spins a web

A CORRESPONDENT

Shahid Afridi spun a web as India struggled in their chase of 303 in the Champions Trophy encounter against Pakistan in Centurion on Saturday.

The off-spinner dismissed Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni in consecutive overs to reduce India to 143 for four in 26 overs. Rahul Dravid was batting on 40 from 62 balls along with Suresh Raina on 3.

A charged-up Gautam Gambhir gave India a rollicking start, but his first error, a lazy piece of running, let to his downfall. Gambhir’s 46-ball 57 had taken India to 90 for 1 in the 14th over and it seemed Sachin Tendulkar’s early dismissal — caught behind off Mohammed Aamer for 8 — would have no impact.

But Afridi put the Indians in a spot.

Earlier, Shoaib Malik’s flamboyant 128 and Mohammed Yousuf’s gritty 87 helped Pakistan overcome initial jitters to post a formidable 302 for nine in their 50 overs.

Pakistan exploded in the second half of their innings with Malik and Yousuf sharing a 188-ball 206-run stand for the fourth wicket after they were reduced to 65 for three in the 15th over.

Ashish Nehra (4/55), who dismissed Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal, Yousuf and Umar Akmal, was the pick of the Indian bowlers. Harbhajan Singh, the lone spinner in the Indian ranks, was wayward in his ten overs, but his late introduction could be the reason behind him giving away 71 runs.

Pakistan accelerated in the later stages — they scored 163 in the final 19 overs and, in the process, made a mockery of the view that middle overs in ODIs have become boring.

While Harbhajan continued his poor record against Pakistan, Malik improved on his already strong record against the archrivals — four of his seven centuries have now come against India, and his average of 52.24 against India is in stark contrast to his 35.27 overall.

Yousuf and Malik batted through the crucial phase showing superb discipline and anticipation. The initial part though was spent in nudges and pushes.

Once they came through the consolidation phase, during which the first boundary came after 65 balls, they forced the Indian bowling into submission with imaginative strokeplaying.

Malik was at his dominating best after playing sheet anchor in the early part. The former Pakistan captain took 81 balls to score his fifty but later accelerated to reach his hundred off 108 balls, hitting 13 fours. Sixty of those runs were scored between third man and point.

Malik opened up after the 30th over taking three boundaries off one Ishant Sharma over, and then back-to-back fours off Yusuf Pathan. Pakistan recovered from 108 for three in 25 overs to reach 217 for three in the 40th over to fold at 302.

Malik was dismissed in the penultimate over for 128 off 126 balls (16x4) but not before he had spoiled Nehra’s otherwise impressive figures. That the last five overs were batting Powerplay also helped.

Yousuf was not exactly slow at the other end. His boundaries through point and over extra cover, both off R.P. Singh, were a treat to watch. But he missed a well-deserved century by 13 runs after being done in by a slower one from Nehra.

Despite a two-run last over from Ishant, Pakistan managed 41 in the last five, setting India a target two runs more than has ever been chased in Centurion.

India’s pacers seemed to have put together a remarkable reply to the openers’ onslaught when they reduced Pakistan from 51 for 1 in seven overs to 65 for 3 in 15. The first seven overs saw nine smashing boundaries, the next eight, none.

Imran Nazir and Kamran Akmal got Pakistan off to a brisk start, reaching 28 in four overs, but once Nehra removed Nazir, Pakistan found the going tough. Akmal and Younis Khan fell in quick succession as India tried to grab the initiative.

Nazir, who scored 20 off 17 balls with four boundaries, top edged a pull and Harbhajan running in from mid-on took a comfortable catch.

Akmal was the next to fall as he dragged a Nehra delivery on to his stumps. Akmal, who went for a forcing shot on the off side, didn’t pick the length properly this time. Akmal was looking pretty solid out there and his dismissal put skids on the momentum.

Younis survived a caught and bowled chance on 14 off RP. The Uttar Pradesh pacer, though, made amends in the next over, having the Pakistan captain caught behind for 20.

Coming round the wicket, RP got the ball to straighten a bit outside the off. Younis, who was nowhere close to the ball, lunged at it and stabbed an outer edge to Dhoni.

On a warm day and a dry Centurion pitch Younis chose to bat first in Pakistan’s first international match against India in close to a year and a half. The crucial match is being played on the same strip that helped the spin of Ajantha Mendis and Roelof van der Merwe in the first two matches.

 

[indian_blues]

Ho ha !!!! we won

Congrats, loved the way shoaib played.

Wished Raina could have stayed little longer it would have been interesting.

 

[Tornado]

Without Sehwag, Yuvi and Zaheer , I dont see India even in semis. My favs for semis are Australia, SL, Pak and SA.

 

[musalman]

YouTube - response aftermatch lost by pakistan....

 

[musalman]

Your TV cursing ur team after one lose from Pakistan ?????? God you hate us that much

 

[Yusuf]

India media is BS. If we hammer the Aussies today, they will sing Hosannas.
Dumb media.

 

[Pintu]

No Bhai, not for losing to Your country, but our team face bitter criticism from media, if they perform poorly in any game. Media makes them walk over moon and it is media which make their life hell.

Regards

 

[Goodperson]

Watson gone for 0 in Nehra's second over, Common India you can do it.

 

[Pintu]

Rain stops play; Australia 234 for 4- Hindustan Times

Rain stops play; Australia 234 for 4

Hindustan Times
Centurion, September 28, 2009

First Published: 17:32 IST(28/9/2009)
Last Updated: 21:19 IST(28/9/2009)

The match that could decide the fate of India is here.

It is a must-win game for India. A loss would ensure their exit from the Champions Trophy. Up against an upbeat Australia, India would be looking to leave behind the loss to Pakistan and start afresh.

The pitch looks a belter with little support for the pacers. Australia got the better off the toss and elected to bat. India have made two changes bringing in Amit Mishra and Praveen Kumar replacing Yusuf Pathan and RP Singh respectively.

Ashish Nehra gave India the start it needed. After bowling a maiden in the opening over, he drew first blood for India by dismissing Shane Watson in his second over. Keeping a stiff line, Nehra forced Watson into a mistake and got the top edge. Australia were 3/1.

After the early setback, the pair of Ponting and Paine took the Australia innings forward. Both batsmen quickly adjusted to the pitch and started gathering quick runs.

Ishant Sharma suffered the most at the hands of the batsmen, giving away 16 runs in his opening over, including consecutive boundaries and a huge six. Australia were 49/1 after 10 overs.

Tim Paine was the more aggressive between the two batsmen as he put the Indian attack to the sword and got the run flowing. He also reached his 50 in the process.

It was Amit Mishra who got the breakthrough for India as he removed the set Paine. The Australian batsman went for an ambitious sweep, only to get a top edge and was caught at mid-wicket. The new man in was Michael Hussey. Australia were 105/2 after 20 overs.

Teams:

India: G Gambhir, SR Tendulkar, R Dravid, SK Raina, MS Dhoni*†, V Kohli, A Mishra, Harbhajan Singh, A Nehra, I Sharma, P Kumar

Australia: SR Watson, TD Paine†, RT Ponting*, MEK Hussey, CJ Ferguson, CL White, JR Hopes, MG Johnson, B Lee, NM Hauritz, PM Siddle

 

[Goodperson]

Match abandoned, Very tough for India now. They are virtually out.

This team does not seem strong enough.

I predict Australia and Pakistan will be in Finals.

 

[pakjawan]

hehe..it will be interisting to see....indian people praying for PAKISTAN...If Pakistan wins against aurtralia in the next match only then india has the chance to qualify for the semi finals...