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South Africa clinched a victory powered by Makhaya Ntini over India in the 2nd test at Kingsmead, Durban on day 5. Ntini picked up the 5 key batsmen of India in the 2nd innings to give South Africa an edge of victory. Ntini blew up the Indian top order as India saw W.Jaffer, Sehwag, Dravid, Sachin and Sourav Ganguly back in the pavillion cheaply. It was then over to the blaster, MS Dhoni who scored a decent 47 but it was surely not enough. The series is currently balanced at 1-1 with 1 final match to go. The winner of the final match will be declared winner of the whole series.

karan45 :: Dec.30.2006 :: South Africa, India :: No Comments »

After making a solid 328 runs in the first innings and bowling India out for just 240, South Africa have managed to put on another 265 runs just when it mattered the most to give them a solid lead of 353 runs. India are already 2 wickets down for only 38 runs at the close of the day’s play. South Africa have 1 full day to bowl India out and pick up a victory to equalize the score to 1-1 which is currently headed by India, 1-0.

karan45 :: Dec.30.2006 :: South Africa, India :: No Comments »

The England team failed yet again at the last and final test of the Ashes series against Australia. They were bowled out for only 159 runs in the first innings while the Aussies went on to make a massive 419 spearheaded by Matthew Hayden and Andrew Symonds. The second innings (follow-on) didn’t look too good for the Englishmen either as they got bowled out only for a petty 159 runs with all of their key batsmen failing to perform once again. As a result, Australia went on to win the 4th test along with the Ashes series with a score of 4-0. The Aussies are also looking to change the score to a massive 5-0 series win with the next & final test starting on Tuesday at Sydney.

karan45 :: Dec.27.2006 :: Australia, England :: 1 Comment »

Soon to retire, Aussie spin king Shane Warne picked up his 700th wicket at Melbourne, Australia against England. He was at a magical 699 wickets at Perth in the previous test against England. Every time Warne swung his arm to bowl to the English batsmen, the crowd went crazy for the magical 700th wicket.

The 700th victim of Shane Warne was none other than England’s Andrew Strauss who had been struggling against the legendary Warne in the previous tests too.

Warne is currently ahead of Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan who is currently at 674 test cricket wickets.

karan45 :: Dec.26.2006 :: Australia :: No Comments »

Struggling with bad form, India’s fast bowler Irfan Pathan has been sent back to India from the current test tour of India in South Africa.

According to captain Rahul Dravid, Irfan needs to regain momentum and therefore will play the Ranji Trophy in India to re-nourish his bowling talent.

“Irfan Pathan is a really important member for us leading into the World Cup, and leading into a lot of tournaments that we have,” said Rahul Dravid.

karan45 :: Dec.25.2006 :: India :: 1 Comment »

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karan45 :: Dec.24.2006 :: General :: No Comments »

The Australian wicket-keeper and explosive batsman, Adam Gilchrist who is known for his aggressive style of playing cricket is now just 3 sixes away from becoming the first test cricket player to hit 100 sixes within a career. He is currently ahead of Brian Lara of the West Indies cricket team who has hit 87 sixes in a span of 131 matches.

During a training camp at the Academy when he was in an under-17 squad Gilchrist was singled out because he hit too many boundaries. “One of the coaches dissected an innings that each of us played during a match and the feedback I got was that they were disappointed because I hit 24 with six fours,” he told The Australian. “The impression I got was that they were disappointed I didn’t rotate the strike and pick up ones and build an innings. I’ve never forgotten that. (CricInfo)

karan45 :: Dec.23.2006 :: Australia :: No Comments »

After having not said anything about retirement plans yesterday, Aussie fast bowler Glenn McGrath has confirmed that he would be playing his last test at Sydney to end a fabulous and long lasting cricket test career.

Although he also has plans of making it to the World Cup and then eventually leaving ODI cricket too after he guides the world champions in the tournament. This would be his third consecutive appearance in a Cricket World Cup tournament. His career best also the World Cup best figures have been 7 wickets for a mere 15 runs against Namibia. His 342 wickets are the most by any Australian bowler and he is sixth on the overall list.

“The plan I had come up with Shane was he would go before Melbourne and me before Sydney, but with the hearsay and the scrutiny we wanted to get it out of the way,” he said at the MCG’s indoor nets. “Trying to deny about retiring is a bit tough, I’ve always been honest.” (Cricinfo)

karan45 :: Dec.22.2006 :: Australia :: No Comments »

Melbourne: All-rounder Shane Watson has vowed not to let his latest hamstring injury keep him out of the Australian side for the next year’s World Cup in the West Indies.

Watson will fly to Melbourne to see Cricket Australia team doctor Trefor James and physiotherapists about how to deal with the injury, a report published in The Age said on Wednesday.

karan45 :: Dec.22.2006 :: Australia :: No Comments »

The former New Zealand captain, Martin Crowe has asked the ICC to review the action of Sri Lankan spin wiz, Muttiah Muralitharan particularly for the famous “doosra” delivery to which the best of the best batsmen have fallen prey to.

During the recent Sri Lankan 217 run victory over New Zealand, Crowe, who was commentating in the match suggested that Muralitharan’s action had to be tested to ensure that his arm did not flex more than permitted resulting in a “doctored” delivery.

Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene came to the aid of the fellow teammate and claimed that it was wrong to blame him just because he has recently performed well and has recorded a 10 wicket haul for the Sri Lankan’s.

“It’s quite sad it’s gone this far. From a cricket point of view this is something that has to stop,” he said. “It’s a ridiculous situation. Murali shouldn’t be penalised every time he takes 10 wickets.They [the SLC] will do a presentation to the ICC as well. If he [Crowe] wants to take it higher up … depending on the outcome we will also react.”

karan45 :: Dec.22.2006 :: General :: 1 Comment »