لني Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 India seriously needs a fielding and bowling upgrade Great game for odi cricket Agreed great game. Looked like India had it then England had it then India had it then possibly England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexsm Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Yesterday it was a corker of a match between india and england, sachin and strauss played superbly!!.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super19 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Canada lost to Zimbabwe lol it was pretty awesome having Khurram Chohan a pakistani born player playing for canada get a wicket on the first ball though Spinners dominate in 175-run win Zimbabwe's spinners made sure a record third-wicket partnership between Tatenda Taibu and Craig Ervine didn't go to waste, maintaining an asphyxiating grip on Canada's batsmen to secure a 175-run win in Nagpur. Taibu and Ervine's stand, which is Zimbabwe's highest for the third wicket in ODIs and their fifth largest overall, helped their team recover from a decidedly shaky start to reach 298 for 8 on a good batting wicket. While the ascendancy had swung between the two teams in the first innings Zimbabwe's slow bowlers assumed full control in the afternoon, sharing 37.1 overs and all ten wickets as Canada were bowled out in the 43rd over. Despite needing practically a-run-a-ball from the start Canada would still have begun their batting effort with the belief that an upset was not impossible. What was needed was a positive start by their opening pair, the unlikely couple of veteran batsman John Davison and the comparatively foetal Nitish Kumar who, at 40 and 16 respectively, are the oldest and youngest players at this tournament. Davison looked to attack Ray Price - who shared the new ball once again - almost immediately but ran straight past a flighted delivery that straightened just enough to clip the top of off stump. Things got worse for Canada four overs later when, in consecutive deliveries, Price stuck out his left hand and held onto a chipped drive to get rid of Kumar and Ashish Bagai swept straight to short backward square. Jimmy Hansra safely negotiated the hat-trick ball but the damage had been done with Canada staring into the precipice at 7 for 3. Hansra and 19-year-old Ruvindu Gunasekara clung gamely to the crease for a while, but the required rate rose steadily as the slow bowlers strengthened their stranglehold. As the frustration rose Hansra again used his feet to Utseya but this time an arm ball rushed past the outside edge and he was easily stumped for a 41-ball 20. Gunasekara followed in the very next over, bottom-edging an attempted late cut onto his own stumps, and when the big-hitting Rizwan Cheema mis-hit a full toss straight to short fine leg Canada were 66 for 6 and the match was over as a contest. With the pitch exhibiting increasingly extravagant turn legspinner Graeme Cremer was unleashed on the lower order, and both Tyson Gordon and Khurram Chohan were flummoxed by his subtle variations in flight and spin. Zubin Surkari briefly held Zimbabwe at bay, gritting out a brave 26 before he fell to a leg-side stumping. Cremer wrapped up the innings an over later, ripping one through Balaji Rao's defences to claim his third wicket. Canada had been able to put up much more of a challenge with the ball, legspinner Rao picking up career-best figures of 4 for 57 as Zimbabwe were kept under pressure on either side of Taibu and Ervine's partnership. There was a real buzz in the field when Brendan Taylor and Charles Coventry were removed within the first four overs - Taylor pinned in front of his stumps by a Khurram Chohan inswinger on the very first ball of the day - but as the shine faded and the sun baked all life from the wicket the batsmen settled in and a large total loomed. After seeing off the new ball Taibu took two boundaries from offspinner Jimmy Hansra's first over, another brace from his second, to calm Zimbabwe's nerves. He barely dipped below a-run-a-ball thereafter, bringing up a 46-ball fifty in the 15th over and playing with increasing fluency. Ervine, who made a cautious start to his innings with 17 from his first 35 balls, eventually began to pick up the tempo too and used a variety of sweep shots against the spinners to good effect as the partnership passed 100. It appeared Zimbabwe had assumed full control once more, but as the ball softened it began to grip the surface and Rao got the breakthrough with one that bounced a little more than Ervine was expecting, ricocheting off the shoulder of the bat and the pad and looping up for wicketkeeper Bagai to complete a good catch. Ervine had reached 85, his highest score in ODIs, but his dismissal sparked another collapse and when Taibu top-edged a sweep to be out for 98 Zimbabwe were 201 for 5. Rao had luck on his side in nipping Greg Lamb and Sean Williams out, Lamb chopping a long-hop onto his own stumps and Williams gloving a sweep to give Bagai the chance to take a third smart catch, diving forward. Zimbabwe were precariously placed at 240 for 7 at that point and were thankful for an enterprising 41-run stand between Prosper Utseya and Graeme Cremer, which gave the score took a sheen of respectability after a stuttering start and a middle-order wobble. As it turned out, their score was more than enough against a Canadian line-up that showed precious little competency in combating an unrelenting hydra of spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
لني Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Ireland vs England is looking like India vs Ireland. OBrien is a beast. 112 for 62 so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
لني Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Ireland 329-7 wins by 3 wickets. A 4 with 3 runs left to win it. Awesome game even awesomer result! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moz Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 As if we lost to Ireland. Embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
He-Man Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Ireland - You beauty I'm sure India is gonna take the Irish team very seriously now. Since their next opponents are ireland on sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
He-Man Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Canada is bowling really well against Pakistan right now Pakistan is 151/5 at the moment after 36 overs All I wish right now is that Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi gets out Soon before any damage. As he is one explosive nut you don't want in your way. Go Canada Go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
He-Man Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 i cant beleive my eyespakistan is 181 for 9 wickets in 42 overs.dangerous Afridi is out as welljust one more wicket for a historic bowling performance by CanadaLets Go Canada !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
He-Man Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 PAKISTAN all out for 184 runs only !! Pakistan couldnt finish their alotted 50 overs, they got bundled up in 43 overs !! this is historic. Canada has the match in their hands now. They have cleared more than half the job, just need to bat smartly now.A lot of Canadian support from the Sri Lankan crowd in Colombo.Harvir Baidwan took 3 wickets,Jimmy Hansra took 2 wicketsBalaji Rao took 2 wicketsRizwan Cheema took 2 wicketsHenry Osinde took 1 wicket.Can the Canadian Batsmen overcome this small total in what has potential to be the most memorable game for Cricket Canada's history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
He-Man Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 (edited) Canada 112-5 needs 73 in 86 balls Abbotsford's Jimmy Hansra playing confidentally on 43 not out with Tyson Gordon originally from Jamaica Edited March 3, 2011 by He-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donky Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Not looking good. 71 runs required and the wickets are falling fast and furious now... Only 13.1 overs remain to make the total... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
He-Man Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Canadian inexperience being exploited by Afridi's experienced bowling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donky Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 A much better over! 11 runs including a boundary 4 and 5 wides! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donky Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 130-8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donky Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 They need to hit some boundaries and get some help. Don't see it happening though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
He-Man Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 damn u afridi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donky Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Geezus...thrown out from mid off.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
He-Man Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 O well....... the bowling and fielding were great , the batting on the other hand.... not so much, but Pakistan Bowling was really hard to play against, specially for a team like Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
لني Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Gotta be disappointing to hold Pak to that number of runs only to completely blow at batting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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