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Saturday, December 26, 2009

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Highlights of Australia vs Pakistan 1st test 2009 / 10

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 11:32 PM PST


The boxing day test 2009 has started. Australia has batted first and by the end of day 1, they have managed 305/3. Pakistan missed a lot of chances including initial drops, miss-fields and so on. However, Watson and Katich missed their centuries scoring 93 and 98 respectively. Ponting got to a great fifty but was one towards the end of day.

The most notable thing in the 1st day of Boxing day test was the run out of Watson. Unlucky fellow, couldn't reach his maiden hundred in tests again. Katich played beautifully but seemed nervous on 98 giving chances of making him out. You can watch the video Day 1 of Australia vs Pakistan 2009 - Highlights on links below:

Via ESPNStar: ESPNStar.com posts highlights of each cricket match it broadcasts on its media player for FREE. Go to media player and under channels click cricket and then International cricket where you can find highlights video of each day. This is available in countries like India, Nepal but can't say about rest.

Via SKY Sports : If you are in UK, you can watch the highlights on video section of Skysports.com for FREE.

Via Supersport: You can watch highlights on supersport if you are in South Africa and other African countries for FREE on its video page.


Via ninemsn for Australia and all coutries : Channel 9 which is official broadcaster of series shows very short highlights footage on ninemsn video section. This is available for all countries.

Indian team selected for Bangladesh Tri-series 2010

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 09:30 AM PST


A 16-member Indian squad has been selected for the upcoming Bangladesh Tri-series which start 4th January. The series features 7-ODI match between India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Sachin Tendulkar has been rested and will not feature in the series. Along with regular players, Sudeep Tyagi, Dinesh Karthik, Sreesanth, Ashok Dinda and Amit Mishra has been selected. Rohit Sharma has been called back into the team.


Leg-spinner Amit Mishra who was in test squad has been taken into the ODI squad for the tri-series. Rohit Sharma who has been out from the team for a while is recalled. Sreesanth who missed the Sri Lanka ODI series due to Flu will be back into the team. Tyagi and Dinda were also in the ODI series against Sri Lanka.

Indian squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Yuvraj Singh, Sudeep Tyagi, Dinesh Karthik, Sreesanth, Ashok Dinda, Amit Mishra.

Pakistan vs Australia 1st test 2009 - Live

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 09:18 AM PST


Pakistan has not been one of the best test teams in recent times but with the current superb bowling lineup they have you can expect them to be very challenging to Australia. The first test at Melbourne which is the boxing day test match can be decided by the performance of the pace attack of the respective team. It will be a battle between the high quality pace bowling which includes Bollinger, Johnson and Siddle on one side and Asif, Gul and Aamer on other. Australia's superior batting lineup is neutralized by the Pakistani spin attack which seems better.

Australia v Pakistan, 1st Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne
Match time: 00:01 AM GMT / 05:31 AM IST / 6:01 AM Pakistani Time
26th December, 2009


Talking about the team, Pakistan are likely to open with Butt and Farhat. Other batsmen are likely to be Yousuf, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Faisal Iqbal and Misbah. There may be either 2 spinner and pace bowlers each or 3 pacers and 1 spinner. If so, Kaneria may be the first choice for spinner. If they are to drop a pacer Umar Gul may be dropped from group of three.

Australia will open with Watson and Katich. Ponting, North, Clarke, Hussey, Haddin, Johnson are ultimate choice. They will go with pacers Siddle and Bollinger. With Hauritz not being so effective in 4th inning, leg-spinner Steve Smith may get a chance instead of him.

Final verdict for match: The pace bowling seems balanced. Australia seem better batting side while Pakistan's spin department is better. I must say its slightly in favour of Australia.

Watch Australia vs Pakistan 1st test - Live:

On TV: You can watch on Channel 9 in Australia, Geo Super in Pakistan, Star Cricket in India, SKY SPorts in UK and so on in other countries. Find more here.

On Internet: Willow.tv which is a paid site seems to be a great option. Find more here.
Posted by MohammaD IsmaiL at 7:03 AM 0 comments

Friday, December 25, 2009

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Cricket current - a cricket blog

Australia vs Pakistan 2009 / 2010 - LIVE

Posted: 24 Dec 2009 06:21 PM PST


Pakistan tours Australia this summer for 3 tests, 5 ODIs and 1 T20 matches. The series includes the Boxing day test match on 26th December 2009. The series runs from 26th December 2009 to 5th Feb 2010. Channel 9 is the official broadcaster of the series. Here is how you can watch the match live all over the world:

On TV: As said earlier, Channel 9 is official broadcaster and its TV channel shows live in Australia. Geo Super shows the series live in Pakistan while Star Cricket in India. Sky Sports will be showing it live in UK. Click here for other countries.

Watch live on Internet : Though many free live broadcasts are available on Internet, most of them are not legal. As far as I know, Willow.tv seems to be a legal site to broadcast the series which charges for some amount. Also, if you have already brought the channel, you can watch it live both on TV and Internet in UK, South Africa and some other places on their official website.

Watch Pakistan vs Australia Highlights video : Video Highlights of each match can be watched for free in different countries. ESPNstar shows highlights of each cricket match they broacast for free on their media player which is available only in India and some other Asian countries. SKY Sports shows free highlights in UK, Supersports in USA and Channel 9 in Australia. Just view their official websites for free highlights on internet.

Other ways of getting live action on Internet: Free live scorecard and commentary can be found on cricinfo. Cricinfo also shows Live 3d animation of the matches being played. You can get desktop scorecard from cricinfo and ESPNStar.com
Posted by MohammaD IsmaiL at 7:08 AM 0 comments

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

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Cricket current - a cricket blog

India vs Sri Lanka 4th ODI 2009 - Live, Kolkata

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 03:23 AM PST


The fourth ODI between Sri Lanka and India can be a decider of series if India wins. Sri Lankan win makes it 2-2 to be decided by final. After high-scoring first and second ODI, the third ODI once seemed similar but with Indian slow bowlers doing brilliant job, it was not cracker with the bat. The pitch at Edens Garden may too favour the Indian slow blowers. Still Sri Lanka can have great advantage due to missing of some key Indian players like Dhoni and Yuvraj.

4th ODI: India v Sri Lanka at Kolkata
Date: December 24 Time: 14:30 local, 09:00 GMT

Both the team miss some key players in the fourth ODI. Dhoni's 2-match keeps him away and Yuvraj will not feature in upcoming two matches. Sreesanth after suffering from flu too has been ruled out. Sri Lanka too will miss Angelo Matthews, Muttiah Muralitharan and Dilhara Fernando due to injury.

Sri Lanka must consider calling back Sanath Jayasuriya back into the team for the 4th ODI. Opening is solid with Dilshan and Tharanga. Sangakkara too in great form and they cannot drop Jayawardene. Then arises the problem of picking more batsmen. Kandamby is in and I think Jayasuriya must be in the team instead of Kapugedara and Samaraweera. Bowlers can be Mendis, Randiv, Welegedara, Malinga and Kulasekera.

Indian spinners Harbajan Singh and Ravindra Jadeja have been great in the series. Zaheer, Ishant and Nehra will lead the pace attack. Batting is expected to be same with one change of Kohli coming in for Yuvraj.

Watch Ind vs SL 4th ODI at Kolkata 2009 live:
On TV: Neo Cricket and Doordarsan will broadcast it live in India. Supersport shows it on South Africa and Sky Sports in UK. Find more TV channels.

On Internet: You can buy package for the series on willow.tv to watch it live on Internet. Further legal ways include watching on skysports.com in UK, supersport.com in South Africa. Sorry to say, I cannot display illegal live streaming links here. For Internet users, Live commentary is great way which can be found on cricinfo.
Posted by MohammaD IsmaiL at 7:05 AM 0 comments

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

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Cricket current - a cricket blog

Banglandesh Tri-series 2010 - Fixtures and Schedule | Ind-SL-Ban

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:40 AM PST


At the start of 2010, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be playing a tri-series in Bangladesh. The series features 7 ODI matches including a final. The series starts on January 4 with the match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.The series is followed by a 2-match test series between India and Bangladesh.

Here is the complete fixtures and schedules of the India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh tri-series 2010:

Date
 Match Details
 Time
Venue
GMT
 IST
 Ground
 City
Jan 04 - Mon
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 1st match
 08:30
14:00
Shere Bangla National Stadium
Dhaka
Jan 05 - Tue
India v Sri Lanka, 2nd match
 08:30
14:00
Shere Bangla National Stadium
Dhaka
Jan 07 - Thu
Bangladesh v India, 3rd match
 08:30
14:00
Shere Bangla National Stadium
Dhaka
Jan 08 - Fri
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 4th match
 08:30
14:00
Shere Bangla National Stadium
Dhaka
Jan 10 - Sun
India v Sri Lanka, 5th match
 08:30
14:00
Shere Bangla National Stadium
Dhaka
Jan 11 - Mon
Bangladesh v India, 6th match
 08:30
14:00
Shere Bangla National Stadium
Dhaka
Jan 13 - Wed
TBC v TBC, Final
 08:30
14:00
Shere Bangla National Stadium
Dhaka
Posted by MohammaD IsmaiL at 7:04 AM 0 comments

Monday, December 21, 2009

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Cricket current - a cricket blog

Boxing day test 2009

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:12 PM PST


Each year, a test match starts from Boxing day i.e. 26 December hosted in Melbourne, Australia. The test match features Australian cricket team against the team touring the country that summer. In 2009, Pakistan and Australia will be playing the Boxing day test match. It will be the first test of the 3-match series.

History of Boxing day test match: The Boxing day test was first played in 1950 in Melbourne. From 1953 to 1967, no such test were played. But the tradition was started again with tests being played on this day either in Australia or other country. However from 1980, the Melbourne Cricket Club and the Australian cricket team secured the rights to play the match annually and has been going on since then except in 1989 where a boxing day ODI was played.

Last year, South Africa played against Australia which it won. Pakistan had already played a boxing day test match in 2004 where it lost by 9 wickets and in 1983 where it was a draw. Australia has won 9 out of last 10 boxing day test matches, the loss being in 2008.
Posted by MohammaD IsmaiL at 7:13 AM 0 comments

Sunday, December 20, 2009

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Cricket current - a cricket blog

TV channels broadcasting Pakistan Vs Australia 2009 / 2010 Live

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 08:36 PM PST


Pakistan's tour of Australia starts from the december 26 with the boxing day test match. The tour will feature 3 tests, 5 ODIs and 1 T20 match. Here is the fixtures of the tour. Channel 9 is the official broadcaster of the series worldwide and has provided broadcasting rights to different channels. Geo Super shows it live in Pakistan while Star Cricket in India.

Here are the TV channels broadcasting the Pakistan Vs Australia 2010 Live:

Australia : Channel 9 (official broadcaster)

Canada : ATN (Asian Television Network) will broadcast in its channel CBN

Caribbean countries : Caribbean Media corporation

Europe : Eurosport

India : Star Cricket will broadcast it live in India, Nepal as well as some other South Asian countries.

Middle East : Not confirmed yet. But it will be broadcast on either showtime or prime.

Malaysia and singapore : Starhub broadcasts the tour.

New Zealand : Sky TV

Pakistan : Geo Super - the Pakistani sports TV broadcasts the series in pakistan.

South Africa and most part of Africa :  Like other cricket matches, SuperSport will broadcast.

UK : Sky Sports

USA: DirecTv

India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI 2009 - Live , Cuttack

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 06:51 PM PST


After two high-scoring matches, we can expect another 300 plus score in the 3rd ODI to be held at Cuttack. Apart from the pitch, batsmen from both team are in really great touch. The openers are expected to show another fierce start to their teams. For India captain Dhoni will miss the match after a two-match ban. Matthews is now out of series for Sri Lanka. Here are the date, time and venue of the third ODI:

3rd ODI: India v Sri Lanka at Cuttack
Date: Dec 21, Time: 14:30 local : 09:00 GMT


Virender Sehwag will lead the match in absence of Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik is expected to replace him as the wicket keeper. Apart from it, batting lineup is expected to be the same. Sri Lankan team has another injury problem with Matthews. He will miss the whole series due to injury.


Watch Ind vs SL 3rd ODI at Cuttack 2009 live:
On TV: Neo Cricket and Doordarsan will broadcast it live in India. Supersport shows it on South Africa and Sky Sports in UK. Find more TV channels.

On Internet: You can buy package for the series on willow.tv to watch it live on Internet. Further legal ways include watching on skysports.com in UK, supersport.com in South Africa. Sorry to say, I cannot display illegal live streaming links here. For Internet users, Live commentary is great way which can be found on cricinfo.

Pakistan vs Australia 2009 / 2010 - Fixtures and Schedules

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 06:10 PM PST


Pakistan tours Australia at the end of December 2009 for 3 tests, 5 ODIs and 1 T20 match. The tour starts from December 26 2010 and will end on February 5 2010. The first test between them is the boxing day test match. The tour starts immediately after Australia's test series against West Indies.

Here are the complete fixtures and schedules of Aus Vs Pak 2010:


Date
 Match Details
 Time
Venue
GMT
 IST
 Ground
 City
Dec 26 Sat - Dec 30 Wed
Australia v Pakistan, 1st Test
 00:01
05:31
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne
Jan 03 Sun - Jan 07 Thu
Australia v Pakistan, 2nd Test
 00:01
05:31
Sydney Cricket Ground
Sydney
Jan 14 Thu - Jan 18 Mon
Australia v Pakistan, 3rd Test
 00:01
05:31
Bellerive Oval
Hobart
Jan 22 - Fri
Australia v Pakistan, 1st ODI
 03:15
08:45
Brisbane Cricket Ground
Brisbane
Jan 24 - Sun
Australia v Pakistan, 2nd ODI
 03:15
08:45
Sydney Cricket Ground
Sydney
Jan 26 - Tue
Australia v Pakistan, 3rd ODI
 03:15
08:45
Adelaide Oval
Adelaide
Jan 29 - Fri
Australia v Pakistan, 4th ODI
 04:30
10:00
W.A.C.A. Ground
Perth
Jan 31 - Sun
Australia v Pakistan, 5th ODI
 04:30
10:00
W.A.C.A. Ground
Perth
Feb 05 - Fri
Australia v Pakistan, Only T20I
 08:35
14:05
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne
Posted by MohammaD IsmaiL at 7:06 AM 0 comments

Saturday, December 19, 2009

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Cricket current - a cricket blog

Dhoni banned for 2 ODIs

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 07:57 PM PST


Indian captain, MS Dhoni has been banned for maintaining a slow over rate against Sri Lanka in 2nd ODI at Nagpur. The match had ended 45 mins later than the scheduled due to frequent discussion between the players of Indian team in the final stage of match. Match refree Jeff Crowe took the decision.

Dhoni will now miss the 3rd and 4th ODI against Sri Lanka. Virender Sehwag will be captaining the Indian team in the absence of him. Dinesh Karthik may replace him as a wicket keeper batsman in the team. Apart from Dhoni, all other players of Indian team were fined 40% match fees for the slow over rate.

Bad time for Dhoni who couldn't make his team win the 2nd ODI despite a superb century by him. The series is now 1-1 draw with 3 matches to play. Dhoni will play only in the 5th ODI.
Posted by MohammaD IsmaiL at 7:14 AM 0 comments
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