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Cricket current - a cricket blog

Cricket current - a cricket blog

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

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