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India vs Australia Day 3 LIVE Streaming 2nd Test Sydney 2012

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 11:16 AM PST


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Kallis, De Villiers gave South Africa strong hold in 3rd Test

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 09:51 AM PST


Sri Lanka lost two wickets after taking a pounding from South African batsmen Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers on the second day of the third and final Test at Newlands on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka were 149 for two at the close in reply to South Africa’s 580 for four declared, a deficit of 431 runs.

Kallis made a career-best 224 and De Villiers hit an unbeaten 160 before the declaration.

Sri Lankan captain Tillakaratne Dilshan hit a dashing 78 before he was caught at deep mid-on off leg-spinner Imran Tahir. Fellow opener Lahiru Thirimanne was earlier bowled by Morne Morkel for 23 as Sri Lanka set out on the massive task of playing themselves back into the match after Dilshan’s decision to send South Africa in backfired spectacularly.

South Africa scored at better than four runs an over and were able to declare in mid-afternoon in an attempt to push for a series-clinching victory.

Kallis was out in the last over before lunch when he was caught at mid-on off left-arm spinner Rangana Herath after batting for 435 minutes.

He faced 325 balls and hit 31 fours and a six. His fourth wicket partnership with De Villiers was worth 192.

South Africa added 106 runs in 28.3 overs before lunch before the scoring rate rocketed after the interval as De Villiers and Jacques Rudolph (51 not out) piled on another 127 runs off 20.3 overs in 79 minutes.

De Villiers reached his century off 176 balls and then cut loose, adding another 60 off 29 balls. His innings included 19 fours and two sixes – the latter hit off successive balls from Dilshan.
Kallis, resuming on 159, hit boundaries off his first two balls of the day, from Dhammika Prasad. But he had an escape on 171 when Prasad was able to make a ball deviate enough off the pitch for Kallis to edge it low to second slip where a diving Mahela Jayawardene got his fingers to the ball but was unable to hold on.

There was more good fortune for Kallis on 183 when he edged Angelo Mathews between wicketkeeper Dinesh Chandimal and Jayawardene, who was at a wide solitary slip.

Kallis, playing in his 150th Test, reached his double century off 280 balls with 29 fours and a six. His previous double century came against India at Centurion last season when he made 201 not out.

Indicative of the dominance of the batsmen, the Sri Lankan bowlers were able to deliver only two maiden overs on Wednesday, both by the left-armed Chanaka Welegedera early in the day.

The pitch continued to play easily when Dilshan and Thirimanne launched Sri Lanka’s reply. They put on 70 before the left-handed Thirimanne was bowled by a full-length delivery from Morkel, four runs after being missed at third slip by De Villiers.

Dilshan raced to the fastest half-century of the match, off only 41 deliveries, but fell in Tahir’s second over when he went for a big hit but mistimed the ball and was caught by a diving South African captain Graeme Smith two-thirds of the way to the long-on boundary.

Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka’s two most experienced batsmen, saw their side through to the close.

© AFP

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Statistical Highlights Day 2 of India vs Australia 2nd Test Sydney 2012

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 08:50 AM PST


Statistical highlights of the second day’s play in the second cricket Test between India and Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday.

# Michael Clarke (251 not out) has recorded a career-best in Tests, surpassing the 168 against New Zealand at Wellington in March 2009-10.

# Clarke has recorded his 18th hundred in Tests – his fourth against India.

# Clarke’s previous highest against India was 151 at Bangalore in 2004 on his Test debut.

# Clarke’s aforesaid knock is the highest by an Australian batsman at SCG, eclipsing the 242 by Doug Walters against West Indies in 1968-69.

# Clarke has become the fourth batsman to post an innings of 250 or more at SCG – the top three innings are 287 by England’s Tip Foster in December 1903, 277 by West Indian Brian Lara in January 1993 and 251 by England’s Wally Hammond in December 1928 – all three against Australia.

# Clarke has posted ten centuries in 39 Tests in Australia. His overall tally at home is 2921 runs at an average of 55.11 in 39 Tests.

# Clarke, as an Australian skipper, has managed 869 runs in ten Tests at an average of 54.31, including four hundreds.

# Clarke’s marvellous knock is the highest by an Australian skipper against India and the second best by a captain in Tests against India, behind England’s Graham Gooch’s 333 at Lord’s in July 1990.

# Clarke is one of the four Australian captains to have recorded 250 or more in Tests – the top three innings being Mike Taylor’s 334 not out against Pakistan at Peshawar in 1998-99; Bobby Simpson’s 311 against England at Old Trafford in 1964 and Don Bradman’s 270 against England at Melbourne in 1936-37.

# Clarke became the third Australian skipper to post a double century against India. Don Bradman (201 at Adelaide in 1947-48) and Greg Chappell (204 at Sydney in 1980-81) were the first two double centurions as captain for Australia against India.

# Don Bradman, Greg Chappell, Clive Lloyd, Graham Dowling, Graham Gooch, Carl Hooper, Kumar Sangakkara and Michael Clarke have posted double hundreds as skippers against India in Tests.

# Ponting and Clarke had shared a stand of 288 for the fourth wicket – Australia’s highest against India, surpassing the 210 between the same pair at Adeaide in January 2008.

# The aforesaid is the highest by any pair against India for the fourth wicket, bettering the 287 between Javed Miandad and Zaheer Abbas for Pakistan at Faisalabad in 1982-83.

# Ricky Ponting (134) became the first Australian and the third batsman to register 40 Test centuries or more, joining Sachin Tendulkar (51) and Jacques Kallis (41).

# Ponting’s above century is his first in two years – the last being 209 in the first innings against Pakistan at Hobart in January 2010.

# Ponting, during the course of his hundred, has overtaken Javed Miandad’s tally of 2228 at an average of 67.51 in 28 Tests against India.

# Ponting’s run tally of 2267 at an average of 50.37 in 27 Tests against India is exceeded only by Clive Lloyd (2344 at an average of 58.60 in 28 Tests).

# Ponting has posted seven hundreds in 27 Tests against India. Only Vivian Richards (8) and Gary Sobers (8) have posted more hundreds than Ponting against India.

# Ponting has emulated Sachin Tendulkar and Jacques Kallis’ feats of 22 hundreds at home. The three batsmen now share a record for most hundreds at home.

# Ponting’s tally at SCG is a record for most hundreds – two each against India and South Africa and one each against Pakistan and Zimbabwe.

# Ponting’s Test record at SCG is marvellous, totalling 1480 runs at an average of 67.27 in 16 Tests, including 207 against Pakistan in January 2005 as his highest score.

# Ponting’s above innings is his first century in six years at SCG. He had posted a hundred in each innings – 120 & 143 not out – against South Africa at SCG in January 2006.

# Michael Hussey has posted his fifth fifty against India – his 28th in Tests.

# Australia (482 for four) have recorded their second highest total against India at SCG, next only to the 552 for five declared in 1999-2000.

# Ravichandran Ashwin (28-4-103-0), for the third time, has conceded 100 runs or more in a Test innings. For the first time he is wicketless in a Test innings even conceding 100 runs.

# Australia took a first innings lead of 291 – their second highest against India at SCG, behind the 402 in 1999-2000.

© PTI

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Sri Lanka vs South Africa Day 2 Highlights 3rd Test Cape Town 2012

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 05:31 AM PST


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Sri Lanka announces ODI squad for South Africa series

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 04:35 AM PST


Sri Lanka on Tuesday named paceman Lasith Malinga and opening batsman Upul Tharanga in a 15-man squad for the one-day series in South Africa.

Fast bowlers Nuwan Kulasekara and Kosala Kulasekara will also join the team for the five-match series starting in Paarl on January 11, the governing body, Sri Lanka Cricket, said.

Thilan Samaraweera, Tharanga Paranavitana, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Chanaka Welegedara and Kanishka Alvitigala, who are currently on the tour, will return when the ongoing third and final Test ends on January 7.

The Test series is currently tied 1-1.

Sri Lanka one-day squad: Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), Angelo Mathews, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Dinesh Chandimal, Kosala Kulasekara, Thisara Perera, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath, Dhammika Prasad, Dilhara Fernando, Lahiru Thirimanne.

Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers Scorecard T20 Big Bash 2012 – Match 16

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 03:45 AM PST


Big Bash League 2011

Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers – Match 16

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 04 Jan 2012

Toss – Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to Bat.

Result – Perth Scorchers beat Melbourne Stars by 8 runs

Perth Scorchers Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Herschelle Gibbs c R Quiney b S Warne 69 48 8 0 143.75
Marcus North (c) b J Bird 5 7 0 0 71.43
Simon Katich c Cameron White b D Hussey 10 8 1 0 125.00
Mitchell Marsh c Cameron White b S Warne 31 28 0 2 110.71
Luke Ronchi (wk) c C McKay b J Faulkner 1 4 0 0 25.00
Paul Collingwood c R Quiney b J Faulkner 12 9 0 0 133.33
Nathan Coulter-Nile run out (M Wade) 5 13 0 0 38.46
Nathan Rimmington Not Out 0 1 0 0 0.00
Brad Hogg run out (M Wade) 0 1 0 0 0.00
Michael Beer b J Faulkner 0 1 0 0 0.00
Ben Edmondson run out (D Hussey) 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 1,lb 1,w 0, nb 1) 3
Total (All Out; 20.0 overs) 136 (6.80 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (Perth Scorchers):

1-46 (North, 5.1 ov), 2-60 (Katich, 7.3 ov), 3-108 (Gibbs, 13.2 ov), 4-111 (Ronchi, 14.3 ov), 5-120 (Marsh, 15.6 ov), 6-134 (Collingwood, 19.1 ov), 7-135 (Coulter-Nile, 19.3 ov), 8-135 (Hogg, 19.4 ov), 9-135 (Beer, 19.5 ov), 10-136 (Edmondson, 19.6 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
David Hussey 3 0 20 1 6.70  
Jackson Bird 4 0 32 1 8.00 (nb 1)
James Faulkner 4 0 17 3 4.20  
Clint McKay 4 0 28 0 7.00  
Luke Wright 1 0 7 0 7.00  
Shane Warne 4 0 30 2 7.50  

Melbourne Stars Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Rob Quiney c S Katich b N Coulter-Nile 39 35 3 2 111.43
Cameron White (C) c M Beer b B Edmondson 1 9 0 0 11.11
Gorge Bailey c B Hogg b N Coulter-Nile 1 5 0 0 20.00
David Hussey c S Katich b M Marsh 4 6 0 0 66.66
Matthew Wade (wk) Not Out 53 43 3 0 123.26
Luke Wright run out (N Coulter-Nile/B Edmondson) 16 19 2 0 84.21
James Faulkner Not Out 4 3 0 0 133.33
Adam Voges            
Clint McKay            
Shane Warne            
Jackson Bird            
Extras (b 0,lb 4,w 6, nb 0) 10
Total (5 wickets; 20 overs) 128 (6.40 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (Melbourne Stars):

1-25 (White, 4.4 ov), 2-27 (Bailey, 5.6 ov), 3-43 (Hussey, 8.1 ov), 4-53 (Quiney, 9.5 ov), 5-115 (Wright, 18.4 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
Michael Beer 2 0 13 0 6.50  
Nathan Rimmington 4 0 22 0 5.50 (w 1)
Ben Edmondson 4 0 27 1 6.75 (w 2)
Nathan Coulter-Nile 3 0 20 2 6.66 (w 2)
Mitchell Marsh 4 0 22 1 5.50 (w 1)
Brad Hogg 3 0 20 0 6.66  

Teams:
Melbourne Stars (Playing XI): Rob Quiney, Matthew Wade (wk), George Bailey, David Hussey, Cameron White (c), Adam Voges, Luke Wright, James Faulkner, Clint McKay, Shane Warne, Jackson Bird

Perth Scorchers (Playing XI): Marcus North (c), Herschelle Gibbs, Mitchell Marsh, Simon Katich, Paul Collingwood, Luke Ronchi (wk), Nathan Rimmington, Brad Hogg, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Michael Beer, Ben Edmondson

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‘Hope this innings earns me respect’: Clarke

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 03:37 AM PST


Australia captain Michael Clarke hopes that his unbeaten double century against India will “earn him respect” while his former captain Ricky Ponting, who marked his return to form with a century, described the second day as an “unbelievable one” for his team.

“Hopefully, it would earn me respect. That’s all I can do— to put the team in good position to win another Test. ‘Punter’ had told me while I was starting as skipper that as a leader, I should be standing up in the field, leading from the front and scoring runs. That’s what I have tried to do,” said Clarke who is in line for triple century on Thursday.

For Ricky Ponting, who got his 40th Test century, it was about capitalising on a good start having failed to seize the initiative on a number of occasions.

“There have been plenty of frustrating moments. It’s not when you get out early. It’s when you have had a decent start and not capitalized. It’s a game where the low scores are always going to happen. But when you are 40, 50 and 60, the great players make big scores,” Ponting said.

“The last few weeks have been frustrating for in between the two hundreds, I was getting starts but not capitalizing,” added Ponting.

Ponting recalled how he had a “brain fade” while going for his 100th run.

“I was probably run-out by two yards (if the throw had hit the stumps while Ponting ran for his 100th run). I had a brain fade. Thankfully, the ball missed the stumps or it would have been pretty sad end. When I got up, my shirt was destroyed, the grill was pressed against my face and I changed my shirt which probably made it the whole day out for the crowd,” Ponting said in jest.

Clarke rated his 151 scored against the likes of Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel in tougher conditions as a better innings but what made him proud on Wednesday is the fact that he batted throughout.

“It was best innings? Well, I would say it was my highest score ever. I was very proud to have made 150 against South Africa in tough conditions (in November). That wicket did a lot more. But what makes me proud is that I batted the whole day today. This is something I have wanted to do and I haven’t done often,” recalled Clarke.

Ponting called the day, an “unbelievable one”. “It was an unbelievable day. To make 1 for 366 during the day was special. Michael (Clarke) batted as good as ever in any game. The way we batted, we repaid the bowlers in setting this game up,” said Ponting.

“Michael came last night. It was a huge little period for us. We were three down for not many. The momentum had begun to swing in favour of India. We played our natural games, showed great intent and also managed to score reasonably quickly.”

“It was the same this morning. Our scoring rate was very good and we are taking the game forward all the time. That’s the way we want to play,” Ponting said.

Clarke reiterated that they want to keep the momentum going for India is a kind of side which if it gets to the top, is very hard to stop.

“We are trying to build consistency. When you have your chance you need to grab with both hands. If India gets on top they are very hard to stop so we need to keep the momentum rolling.

The Australian skipper felt that they are in a wonderful position right now.

“We are in a wonderful position. The wicket has flattened out. It’s important for us to make sure there is enough time left in the game. We have to bat well tomorrow morning and have enough time to get them out. Being 2-0 up is a long way away. We need to work very hard over the next three days.”

Clarke said he wouldn’t be replacing his helmet with baggy green cap if he was nearing the landmark of 300 — something he used to do in early part of his career while nearing a century.

“It depends on the bowling. If there are two spinners on, I would be wearing (the baggy green cap). No, it was really silly to have done it while I was a kid. I will keep my helmet now.”

© PTI

Ponting confident after ton drought ends: Sydney Test

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 03:21 AM PST


Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting finally ended his two-year wait for a Test century on Wednesday with 134 against India and said the battling knock had revitalised his confidence.

The 37-year-old played on as a batsman after quitting as skipper last March, but he had gone 34 Test innings without a hundred, prompting calls for him to make way for a younger player.

But Ponting, playing in his 160th Test, looked in no mood to move aside as he and current skipper Michael Clarke put India to the sword on the second day of the second Test in Sydney.

Ponting, Test cricket’s third-highest run-scorer, put on 288 with double-centurion Clarke — the highest stand for any Australian wicket against India — leaving the tourists with a mountain to climb to save the match.

It eclipsed the 239 partnership Ponting and Steve Waugh put on in Adelaide in 1999.

“Confidence is our game is an amazing thing. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been able to spend a bit of time in the middle,” Ponting said.

“And after this innings, I’ll have more confidence about my game than I’ve had for a long time now.

“The bottom line is self-belief. If you believe you can do it, then you can keep doing it. If the day comes where you wake up in the morning and can’t find any way to make yourself a better player then you’re wasting your time.”

Ponting, dropped by wicketkeeper MS Dhoni on 10 late Tuesday, batted for 335 minutes and faced 225 balls with 14 fours for his 134 — his 40th Test century and first since scoring 209 against Pakistan in Hobart in January 2010.

The veteran from Tasmania said he felt a big score was imminent after hitting 62 and 60 in last week’s Melbourne Test.

“I wouldn’t be playing if I didn’t think I could do it and I think over the last few weeks there’s been enough signs to know and have faith that there was a big score just around the corner,” he said.

Ponting raised triple figures in dramatic fashion when he dived full length scampering for a single on 99 to beat Zaheer Khan’s throw from mid-on.

“I know that I was probably out by two yards if the ball hit the stumps,” he said.

“Bit of brain fade, I guess. I hit it through the gap and it just got to him quicker than I thought it would. Thankfully he missed or it would have a pretty sad end to what could have been a good day.

“But I got up and my shirt was pretty much destroyed, my grill was pressed against my face and I was spitting out bits of the wicket so I could try and smile.”

His wife, Rianna, watching from the stands, said the dirtied shirt would be auctioned for the Ponting Foundation set up for children’s cancer.

The Sydney Cricket Ground, hosting its 100th Test, has been a happy hunting ground for Ponting. He is the leading all-time scorer at the venerable ground, with 1,480 runs and six centuries.

Ponting was finally out shortly before tea when he sliced to Sachin Tendulkar in the gully off Ishant Sharma.

© AFP

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Clarke double ton puts Australia in command on day two

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 01:23 AM PST


Captain Michael Clarke struck his maiden unbeaten double century while Ricky Ponting marked his return to form with a sparkling 134 as Australia stretched their lead to a mammoth 291 to bat a hapless India out of the game in the second cricket Test on Wednesday.

Clarke, who batted the whole day for an unbeaten 251, and Ponting, who hit his first century in two years, toyed with the ineffective Indian bowling attack as Australia piled up 482 for four in reply to India’s first innings 191 all out.

Mike Hussey (55) was giving company to Clarke at stumps on the second day which turned out to be a lacklustre day for the visitors, managing to take just one wicket.

It will now be a herculean task for the Indian batting line-up, which has come a cropper in three successive innings in the series, to escape from defeat with three days still left on a SCG pitch which does not have much for the bowlers.

India searched for a wickets all day, from the old ball to the new ball but they could not stop the home batsmen from plundering runs at will. They could grab just one wicket — that of Ponting — at the expense of 366 runs, the break-up being 120, 123 and 133 runs from three sessions of play.

Remarkable as Clarke’s power of concentration, range of strokes and stamina were, no less notable was the record 288 runs he forged with his former captain Ponting for the fourth wicket, improving upon their own 210 at Adelaide in 2008 — the previous fourth wicket best between the two nations.

While Ponting ended his century drought of two years, 17 Tests and 33 innings — this being his 40th hundred in his 160th Test, Clarke notched up his 18th in his 78th Test. This was Ckarke’s second century of the Australian summer this year.

Another burgeoning partnership came for the very next wicket as Clarke went for a merry ride with Hussey and put on 157 runs for the unseparated fifth wicket stand by the close.

Clarke, overnight 47, has so far batted for 438 minutes and faced 342 balls, hitting 31 fours and a six. Hussey has batted for 97 balls and hit seven fours and a six.

A feature of Clarke’s innings was his driving on either side of the wicket and the thunderous pulls and repeated use of feet he employed against off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.

He was still going hard at the Indian bowlers in the final minutes of the day’s play and a triple century now appear within his reach.

Earlier, India went wicketless in the morning session and had to wait till the second new ball in the post-lunch session to get the breakthrough with Ponting tamely gliding a catch to Sachin Tendulkar at point off the bowling of Ishant Sharma.

But that was not before he had put on record 288 runs for the fourth wicket with Clarke.

Ponting, overnight 44, reached his century just after lunch but it did not arrive without its moment of anxiety as he pushed Ishant to mid-on and took off almost immediately.

He was still a fair distance away from the safety of his crease when Zaheer Khan at mid-on fielded the ball and took a shy at the non-striker’s stumps. Fortunately it did not hit the stumps and Ponting had to dive full stretch to reach his crease.

This ended the drought of century for Ponting who last reached the three-figure mark against Pakistan in January 2010 ?- a knock of 209 at Bellerive Oval, Hobart. The former Australian captain had to wait for two years, 17 Tests and 33 innings to break the logjam in his career.

Clarke batted with aggression and it made no difference to him that India had taken the second new ball after 82 overs. He drove Zaheer Khan through covers and then pulled him to mid-wicket with complete disdain.

New man Michael Hussey also looked eager to join the party and he drove his first ball from Ishant Sharma through covers for four. He then pulled Ishant to midwicket as Australia looked to press on with the advantage.

Clarke went past his career-best 168, made against New Zealand at Wellington in 2010, with a thunderous cover-drive off Umesh Yadav in the final over before tea.

For most part of the second session, India looked to rush through the remaining overs for the second new ball with the likes of Virat Kohli and Virender Sehwag, and of course regular spinner Ravichandran Ashwin operating.

Indeed, India brought on Kohli to bowl as early as in the fifth over of the afternoon session, the 58th over of the innings.

© PTI

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India vs Australia Day 2 Highlights 2nd Test Sydney 2012

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:10 PM PST


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Sri Lanka vs South Africa 3rd Test Scorecard 2012 Cape Town

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 03:32 PM PST


Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series 2011-12

Sri Lanka vs South Africa – 3rd Test

Played at Newlands, Cape Town, 03-07 Dec 2011

Toss - Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to Field.

Stumps – Day 2

South Africa 1st Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Graeme Smith (c) b Dhammika Prasad 16 15 3 0 106.66
Alviro Petersen c T Dilshan b C Welegedara 109 188 13 1 57.97
Hashim Amla lbw b Dhammika Prasad 16 32 3 0 50.00
Jacques Kallis c A Mathews b R Herath 224 325 31 1 68.92
AB de Villiers Not Out 160 205 19 2 78.05
Jacques Rudolph Not Out 51 71 6 0 71.83
Mark Boucher (wk)            
Dale Steyn            
Morne Morkel            
Imran Tahir            
Vernon Philander            
Extras (b 0,lb 1,w 1, nb 2) 4
Total (4 wickets; 139.0 overs) 580 (4.17 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (South Africa):

1-25 (Smith, 4.1 ov), 2-56 (Amla, 12.6 ov), 3-261 (Petersen, 62.2 ov), 4-453 (Kallis, 118.3 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Chanaka Welegedara 29 7 107 1 3.68 (nb 2 w 1)
Thissara Perera 22 1 131 0 5.95  
Dhammika Prasad 30 2 154 2 5.13  
Angelo Mathews 12 0 47 0 3.91  
Rangana Herath 42 4 108 1 2.57  
Tillakaratne Dilshan 4 0 32 0 8.00  

Sri Lanka 1st Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Lahiru Thirimanne b M Morkel 23 52 4 0 44.23
Tillakaratne Dilshan (c) c Graeme Smith b I Tahir 78 79 12 0 98.73
Kumar Sangakkara Not Out 35 72 6 0 48.61
Mahela Jayawardene Not Out 7 32 0 0 21.87
Thilan Samaraweera            
Angelo Mathews            
Dinesh Chandimal (wk)            
Thissara Perera            
Rangana Herath            
Dhammika Prasad            
Chanaka Welegedara            
Extras (b 4,lb 1,w 0, nb 1) 6
Total (2 wickets; 39.0 overs) 149 (3.82 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (Sri Lanka):

1-70 (Thirimanne, 14.4 ov), 2-126 (Dilshan, 28.3 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Dale Steyn 12 2 40 0 3.33  
Vernon Philander 10 2 34 0 3.40  
Morne Morkel 10 2 55 1 5.50 (nb 1)
Imran Tahir 7 0 15 1 2.14  

Teams
South Africa (Playing XI): Graeme Smith (c), Alviro Petersen, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Jacques Rudolph, Mark Boucher (wk), Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Imran Tahir

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Tillakaratne Dilshan (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Rangana Herath, Thissara Perera, Dhammika Prasad, Chanaka Welegedara

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India vs Australia 2nd Test Scorecard Sydney (SCG) 2012

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:36 PM PST


India in Australia Test series 2011-12

India vs Australia – 2nd Test

Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, 03 – 07 2011

Toss – India won the toss and elected to Bat.

Stumps – Day 2

India 1st Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Gautam Gambhir c M Clarke b James Pattinson 0 3 0 0 0.00
Virender Sehwag c B Haddin b James Pattinson 30 51 4 0 58.82
Rahul Dravid c E Cowan b P Siddle 5 33 1 0 15.15
Sachin Tendulkar b James Pattinson 41 89 8 0 46.07
VVS Laxman c S Marsh b James Pattinson 2 9 0 0 22.22
Virat Kohli c B Haddin b P Siddle 23 41 3 0 56.10
MS Dhoni (c) Not Out 57 77 8 0 74.03
Ravichandran Ashwin c M Clarke b B Hilfenhaus 20 39 1 0 51.28
Zaheer Khan c E Cowan b B Hilfenhaus 0 1 0 0 0.00
Ishant Sharma c E Cowan b B Hilfenhaus 0 6 0 0 0.00
Umesh Yadav c B Haddin b P Siddle 0 10 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 3,lb 6,w 2, nb 2) 13
Total (All Out; 59.3 overs) 191 (3.21 runs per over)

Fall of Wickets (India):

1-0 (Gambhir, 0.3 ov), 2-30 (Dravid, 10.3 ov), 3-55 (Sehwag, 18.2 ov), 4-59 (Laxman, 20.5 ov), 5-96 (Kohli, 32.6 ov), 6-124 (Tendulkar, 40.5 ov), 7-178 (Ashwin, 54.2 ov), 8-178 (Khan, 54.3 ov), 9-186 (Sharma, 56.3 ov), 10-191 (Yadav, 59.3 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
James Pattinson 14 3 43 4 3.07 (nb 1 w 2)
Ben Hilfenhaus 22 9 51 3 2.31  
Peter Siddle 13.3 3 55 3 4.07 (nb 1)
Michael Hussey 2 0 8 0 4.00  
Nathan Lyon 8 0 25 0 3.10  

Australia 1st Innings R B 4s 6s SR
David Warner c S Tendulkar b Z Khan 8 6 2 0 133.33
Ed Cowan lbw b Z Khan 16 28 2 0 57.14
Shaun Marsh c V Laxman b Z Khan 0 1 0 0 0.00
Ricky Ponting c S Tendulkar b I Sharma 134 225 14 0 59.56
Michael Clarke (C) Not Out 251 342 31 1 73.39
Michael Hussey Not Out 55 97 7 1 56.70
Brad Haddin (wk)            
Peter Siddle            
Nathan Lyon            
James Pattinson            
Ben Hilfenhaus            
Extras (b 0,lb 12,w 3, nb 3) 18
Total (4 wickets; 26.0 overs) 482 (4.15 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (Australia):

1-8 (Warner, 0.6 ov), 2-8 (SE Marsh, 2.1 ov), 3-37 (Cowan, 8.5 ov), 4-325 (Ponting, 83.4 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
Zaheer Khan 26 4 106 3 4.07  
Umesh Yadav 18 2 94 0 5.22 (w 2)
Ishant Sharma 22 0 106 1 4.81 (nb 1)
Ravichandran Ashwin 28 4 103 0 3.66 (w 1)
Virender Sehwag 14 1 38 0 2.71 (nb 2)
Virat Kohli 8 0 23 0 2.87  



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Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Ed Cowan, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke (c), Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wk), Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nathan Lyon

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Statistical Highlights Day 1 of India vs Australia 2nd Test Sydney 2012

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:16 PM PST


Statistical highlights of the first day’s play in the second cricket Test between India and Australia on Tuesday.

# Sachin Tendulkar now has seven consecutive innings of 30 or more against Australia – 98 and 38 at Mohali and 214 and 53 not out at Bangalore in 2010-22, 73 and 32 at MCG and 41 at Sydney.

# Virat Kohli (23) posted his highest innings against Australia, surpassing the 11 at Melbourne.

# Kohli has a poor record away from home – 110 (ave.13.75) in eight innings, including two ducks.

# James Pattinson has claimed four wickets or more in an innings four times in his first four Tests. He has captured five wickets in an innings twice.

# Pattinson’s strike rate and bowling average is 24 wickets at 14.45 runs apiece in four Tests – the strike rate being 28.2.
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# Pattinson (10 wickets at 15.10), Zaheer Khan (10 at 15.60) and Ben Hilfenhaus (10 at 16.50) are three leading wicket-takers in the present series.

# Pattinson’s superb figures of 4 for 43 are his best against India, surpassing the 4 for 53 at Melbourne last week.

# The Sydney Cricket Ground (100) became the third to host 100 or more Tests – the first two being Lord’s (123) and Melbourne (104).

# Tendulkar is the leading run-getter for India in the present series – 146 at an average of 48.66 in three innings, including a fifty.

# In the course of his 41 off 89 balls, Tendulkar overtook England’s David Gower’s tally of 3269 at an average of 44.78 in 42 Tests.

# Tendulkar’s aggregate of 3297 at an average of 59.94 in 33 Tests is the second highest against Australia behind England’s Jack Hobbs – 3636 at an average of 54.26 in 41 Tests.

# Tendulkar has taken his runs’ tally at SCG to 705 in five Tests at an average of 176.25, including three centuries hundreds. Only Wally Hammond of England amassed more runs than Tendulkar against Australia at Sydney – 808 runs at an average of 161.60 in five Tests, including four centuries.

# Gautam Gambhir posted his second duck against Australia – his fifth in Tests. He is averaging 5.33 in Tests in Australia – 16 in three innings.

# VVS Laxman, in his last five Test innings, posted 32 and 31 against the West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in November 2011 followed by 2, 1 and 2 in the present series.

# Dravid’s record at SCG is 277 runs at an average of 34.62 in five Tests, including two fifties and two ducks.

# Mahendra Singh Dhoni (57 not out) recorded his maiden Test fifty in Australia, bettering the 38 at Perth in January 2008.

# Dhoni’s 24th Test fifty is his fifth against Australia.

# Dhoni, with his 15th fifty as captain, is averaging 43.14 – 2071 runs in 55 innings, including four hundreds.

When not captain, he has averaged 33.06.

# Dhoni’s unbeaten 57 is the third highest by a captain/wicketkeeper against Australia in Australia, next only to England’s Alec Stewart’s 63 not out at Adelaide in 1998-99 and Percy Sherwell’s 60 at Sydney in 1910-11.

# Ravichandran Ashwin and Dhoni were associated in a stand of 54 for the seventh wicket – India’s third highest for the seventh wicket at SCG. The highest stand is 81 between Karsan Ghavri and Syed Kirmani in 1977-78.

# Zaheer, with his 23rd duck in Tests (his 5th against Australia), has equalled the Indian record for most ducks in Tests held by Bhagwat Chandrasekhar.

# Ricky Ponting is the top run-scorer in the current series – 166 (ave.83.00), including two half-centuries.

# Zaheer has taken his tally of wickets in the present series to 10 at an average of 15.60 – the highest by an Indian bowler in the current series.

# Ishant Sharma recorded his 13th duck in Tests – his third against Australia. He now has 10 ducks to his credit overseas.

# Umesh Yadav posted his second duck in Test Cricket – his first was against the West Indies at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi.

# India (191) have produced their third lowest completed innings total at SCG – the lowest two are 150 in 1999-00 and 188 (1947-48).

# India have posted less than 200 in successive innings in Australia – 169 at MCG and 191 at SCG. The last occasion when India posted two successive totals of less than 200 in Australia was at MCG in December 2007 – 196 and 161.

# Peter Siddle has become the 34th Australian bowler to complete his 100 Test wickets or more at an average of 30.41 in 29 Tests.

# Shaun Marsh posted his third duck in his last four innings – his scores are 0 against South Africa followed by 0, 3 and 0 against India.

# India have not crossed 300 during the last 11 innings overseas.

# Ed Cowan took six catches – the most by a fielder in the present series.

# Four ducks or more have been registered in the same innings for India against Australia eight times. The first occasion at SCG was (Wasim Jaffer, Yuvraj Singh, RP Singh and Ishant Sharma in India’s second innings).

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