C r i c H o t L i n e

India vs Australia Day 3 Highlights 3rd Test Perth 2012
Watch India Vs Australia Day 3 Live Streams Perth 3rd Test Online 2012
Sri Lanka vs South Africa 2nd ODI Highlights East London 2012
South Africa Vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI Post Match Presentation 2012
Statistical Highlights Day 2 of India vs Australia 3rd Test Perth 2012
Sri Lanka Vs South Africa 2nd ODI Scorecard 2012 East London
Australia storming towards 3-0 lead against India
Live Scores: South Africa Vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, 14 Jan 2012
Live 2nd ODI: South Africa opts to field against Sri Lanka at East London, 14 Jan 2012
Live Cricket Score: India Vs Australia Day 2 Perth 3rd Test 2012

India vs Australia Day 3 Highlights 3rd Test Perth 2012

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 05:30 PM PST

India vs Australia Day 2 Cricket Highlights 3rd Test WACA, Perth watch online 2012. Watch Cricket Highlights of India vs Australia 3rd Test Online on 14 January, 2012. Watch Border-Gavaskar Highlights from the 3rd Test of India vs Australia Day 2 online for free. Australia vs India 3rd Test Highlights 2012. India tour of Australia 2011-12 is covered on Star Cricket. Cricket highlights of 3rd Test India vs Australia Day 2 will be posted below.

Match scheduled to start at 02:30 GMT or 08:00 IST.

Highlights will be posted here after the match. Stay tuned!

More India vs Australia 2011-12 Cricket Highlights, News, Live Scores…

Watch India Vs Australia Day 3 Live Streams Perth 3rd Test Online 2012

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 11:30 AM PST

Australia and India will play 3rd Test Cricket Match at WACA, Perth on 15th January 2012. The match will start at 10:30 local time (02:30 GMT), 08:00 IST. Watch Live Australia vs India only at THECRICKET-TV.INFO

Live Cricket streaming: India vs Australia (Ind vs Aus) Perth Test live streaming played at Perth, January 13-17. Watch live streaming of India vs Australia telecast, India vs Australia 3rd Test Cricket live on Star Cricket and Sky Sports HD. India vs Australia Highlights 3rd Test Live Stream. live streaming: India vs Australia live streaming free online @ Click Here to Watch Catch the action of India vs Australia, 3rd Test match 2012 LIVE and ONLINE at THECRICKET-TV

Match Timings: Jan 15, 2012 (02:30 GMT | 10:30 local | 08:00 IST)

Click Here to watch the Live Streams

Sri Lanka vs South Africa 2nd ODI Highlights East London 2012

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 08:57 AM PST

Sri Lanka vs South Africa 2nd ODI Highlights Watch Online. Sri Lanka (SL) vs South Africa (SA) Highlights 2nd ODI Cricket Highlights played at East London, South Africa on 14 Jan, 2012. Cricket Highlights of 2nd ODI Sri Lanka vs South Africa Free Online. Watch SL vs SA, ODI Cricket Highlights. Sri Lanka vs South Africa Highlights 2nd ODI Paarl 14 Jan 2012. Watch Sri Lanka vs South Africa ODI Cricket Highlights. Watch Sri Lanka tour South Africa Cricket Highlights 2012.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3 onwards Coming up

More South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2011 Highlights, News, Scores

South Africa Vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI Post Match Presentation 2012

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 08:48 AM PST

Duminy: It was nice to bat at 4. I usually bat at No. 5. Myself, AB and Faf had a discussion and it was my chance to bat higher today. We had many wickets in hand and were always confident about the chase. It was nice to guide the team home and we are looking forward for the next match.

JP Duminy is the MoM for his all round show

ABDV: I am very happy with our show. We need to improve on our basics still. Amla is a rock for our team and we will miss him for the remaining matches as he is about to become a father. We are very happy for him. Our batting is getting on very well and I am proud of my team. The next match is very crucial and we will look to do well and seal the series.

Dilshan: It was a much better performance fromn us when compared to Paarl. The wicket was a bit slow and we needed to score another 20 runs on this surface. Everything is going wrong for me, hopefully the next match will be my match. Chandimal and Tharanga played really well. We have some injury concerns and we might be in need for some replacements.

Statistical Highlights Day 2 of India vs Australia 3rd Test Perth 2012

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 08:43 AM PST

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

# David Warner (180) has posted his career-best innings, eclipsing the 123 not out against New Zealand at Hobart last month. The said innings is the highest by an Australian player against India at WACA Ground, beating Bobby Simpson’s 176 in 1977-78.

# Warner (180 off 159 balls) has recorded the second highest by an Australian opener against India – the highest is Matthew Hayden’s 203 at Chennai in March 2001.

# Warner has produced a strike rate of 113.20 – the highest by an Australian player while posting a century against India, surpassing Adam Gilchrist’s 108.92 – 122 off 112 balls at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in 2000-01.

# Rahul Dravid (32 not out) has recorded his second highest innings at WACA Ground, Perth next only to the 93 in 2007-08.

# Michael Clarke has amassed 379 runs (ave. 126.33) in just four innings – the highest on either side in the present series. His strike rate of 65.57 is quite impressive.

# Clarke’s above runs tally is the highest by an Australian captain in three Tests in a series against India, eclipsing Greg Chappell’s tally of 368 (ave. 73.60) in Australia in 1980-81.

# Sachin Tendulkar, as number four batsman, has become the first player to complete 13,000 runs, aggregating 13003 in 255 innings, including 44 centuries, at an average of 56.78.

# Cowan (74 off 120 balls) has posted his highest Test innings, his second half-century – his first fifty was 68 on Test debut at MCG against India.

# Ben Hilfenhaus is the first bowler to claim 20 wickets in the present series at an average of 16.95. Peter Siddle has bagged 15 wickets at 20.73 runs apiece – the second best tally in the series.

# Bowling at first position, Zaheer Khan has completed 200 wickets at an average of 30.04 in 98 innings. He is the second Indian bowler to have claimed 200 wickets or more while bowling at first position. Kapil Dev had claimed 411 wickets at this position at an average of 30.02 in 210 innings.

# VVS Laxman has registered his 14th duck in Tests – his third against Australia.

# Umesh Yadav (5/93) has registered his best bowling figures in Tests, bettering the 4 for 70 against Australia at Melbourne in December 2011.

# Yadav’s superb feat of 5 for 93 is the second best by an Indian bowler at WACA Ground, Perth. Bishan Singh Bedi took 5 for 89 in 1977-78.

# Bedi is only Indian bowler to register two five-wicket hauls at Perth. Manoj Prabhakar is the only other bowler to take 5 wickets for 105 runs at this venue in February 1992.

# Mahendra Singh Dhoni (43 dismissals – 34 catches + 9 stumpings in 13 Tests), has overtaken Syed Kirmani’s tally of 41 (29 catches + 12 stumpings) in 17 Tests to establish an Indian record for most dismissals against Australia.

# Australia (369) have made their second highest total against India at WACA Ground, next only to the 394 in 1977-78.

# David Warner an Ed Cowan have added 214 for the first wicket – Australia’s second highest against India, behind the 217 between David Boon and Geoff Marsh at SCG in 1985-86.

# The above stand is Australia’s second highest for the opening wicket at WACA, Perth, next only to the 228 between Michael Slater and Mark Taylor against Sri Lanka in 1995-96.

# The 214-run opening partnership is the highest for Australia for any wicket against India at WACA Ground.

# Three stands of 200 or more have been registered for Australia for the first time in a Test series against India – 288 (4th) between Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting and 334 (unbroken – 5th) between Clarke and Michael Hussey – both at SCG and 214 between Cowan and Warner in the Perth Test.

Sri Lanka Vs South Africa 2nd ODI Scorecard 2012 East London

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 04:36 AM PST

Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series 2011-12

Sri Lanka vs South Africa – 2nd ODI

Played at Buffalo Park, East London, 14 Jan 2012

Toss - South Africa won the toss and elected to Field.

Result – South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets

Sri Lanka Innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Upul Tharanga	c de Villiers b M Morkel	66	85	6	1	77.65
Tillakaratne Dilshan (c)	run out (F du Plessis)	0	4	0	0	0.00
Kumar Sangakkara (wk)	c de Villiers b L Tsotsobe	3	28	0	0	10.71
Dinesh Chandimal	Not Out	92	115	6	0	80.00
Mahela Jayawardene	c D Steyn b M Morkel	19	26	1	0	73.08
Kosala Kulasekara	c R Peterson b L Tsotsobe	22	13	2	2	169.23
Angelo Mathews	c M Morkel b D Steyn	28	29	1	1	96.55
Kosala Kulasekara
Lasith Malinga
Rangana Herath
Dhammika Prasad
Extras	(b 0,lb 1,w 5, nb 0)	6
Total	(6 wickets; 50.0 overs)	236	(4.72 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (Sri Lanka):

1-0 (Dilshan, 1.4 ov), 2-21 (Sangakkara, 9.6 ov), 3-105 (Tharanga, 28.3 ov), 4-140 (Jayawardene, 37.2 ov), 5-164 (KMDN Kulasekara, 39.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Dale Steyn	9	1	54	1	6.00
Lonwabo Tsotsobe	10	2	43	2	4.30
Morne Morkel	9	1	39	2	4.33	(w 3)
Albie Morkel	6	0	29	0	4.83
Jean-Paul Duminy	6	0	26	0	4.33	(w 1)
Robin Peterson	10	0	44	0	4.40	(w 1)

Powerplay: 1-10, 15-20 (bowling), 35-40 (batting)

South Africa Innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Smith	c U Tharanga b Dhammika Prasad	28	56	2	0	50.00
Hashim Amla	b Dhammika Prasad	55	58	5	2	94.83
Jacques Kallis	c D Chandimal b Dhammika Prasad	37	51	3	0	72.55
Jean-Paul Duminy	Not Out	66	87	0	1	75.86
AB de Villiers (c & wk)	run out (N Kulasekara)	17	13	2	0	130.77
Faf du Plessis	c & b L Malinga	18	16	2	0	112.50
Albie Morkel	Not Out	9	10	1	0	90.00
Robin Peterson
Dale Steyn
Morne Morkel
Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Extras	(b 0,lb 3,w 1, nb 0)	4
Total	(5 wickets; 48.3 overs)	234	(4.82 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (South Africa):

1-76 (Smith, 16.3 ov), 2-94 (Amla, 20.5 ov), 3-152 (Kallis, 35.1 ov), 4-193 (de Villiers, 40.4 ov), 5-224 (du Plessis, 46.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Lasith Malinga	10	1	38	1	3.80
Nuwan Kulasekara	8	0	47	0	5.87
Angelo Mathews	2	0	13	0	6.50	(w 1)
Dhammika Prasad	10	0	46	3	4.60
Tillakaratne Dilshan	8.4	0	44	0	5.10
Kosala Kulasekara	1	0	6	0	6.00
Rangana Herath	9	0	40	0	4.44

Powerplay: 1-10, 15-20 (bowling), 32-37 (batting)

Teams
Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Tillakaratne Dilshan (c), Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Kosala Kulasekara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Rangana Herath, Dhammika Prasad

South Africa (Playing XI): Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers (c & wk), Jean-Paul Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Albie Morkel, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Lonwabo Tsotsobe

Australia storming towards 3-0 lead against India

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 03:42 AM PST

A clueless India were heading towards another humiliating series defeat with their struggling top order batsmen surrendering meekly in the third cricket Test against Australia on Saturday.

Trailing by 208 runs in the first innings, India were reeling at 88 for four in their second innings at stumps on the second day on a bouncy WACA pitch.

The visitors now face the possibility of another innings defeat as they trail by 120 runs with six second innings wickets in hand after Australia had made 369 all out in their first innings, riding on David Warner’s blistering 180.

Australia, on the other hand, are on the verge of claiming the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a possible win of the third Test inside three days to go 3-0 up in the four match Test series.

The hosts had beaten India in the first Test in Melbourne by 122 runs and clinched the second Test in Sydney by an innings and 68 runs.

Out of form openers Gautam Gambhir (14) and Virender Sehwag (10) were once again sitting ducks to the new ball while Sachin Tendulkar (8) — out to a debatable LBW decision, and VVS Laxman (0) followed them quickly in the hut.

Rahul Dravid (33) and Virat Kohli (21) then saw through the day and have so far put on 37 runs for the unseparated fifth wicket.

Dravid has so far batted for 99 minutes and hit six fours from 63 balls. Kohli has kept vigil for 84 minutes and hit three fours from 39 balls.

For Australia, left-arm paceman Mitchell Starc did the star turn for as he removed Gambhir and Tendulkar in the space of seven deliveries to rock the visitors.

India survived the first 10 overs of the day without losing any wicket though Gambhir, akin to first innings, was getting beaten on and off before Australian skipper Michael Clarke pressed Starc into operation.

The tall left-arm paceman’s second delivery was a brute of a ball which climbed on from a length and an evasive Gambhir could only lob it for the point fielder to take a low catch.

Sehwag followed in the next over, a dismissal quite similar to that in the first innings, when he went back to a delivery which lifted a little on the off-stump and took the edge to the wicketkeeper.

Tendulkar played a cut over gully fielder to fence off fast bowler Peter Siddle but from the other end, Starc made one nip back and hit him in front of the stumps. Umpire Aleem Dar was prompt to raise finger in affirmation. Tendulkar was extremely unhappy with the decision and went back to the pavilion shaking his head.

The situation only turned worse when Laxman played at a lifting delivery from Ben Hilfenhaus with hard hands and Shaun Marsh in the slip cordon made no mistake with the chance.

Laxman even could not open his account.

The poor batting undid the good work of the bowlers who had bundled out Australia for 369 in the first two sessions, claiming the last nine wickets for 139 runs.

Umesh Yadav was the pick of Indian bowlers with five wickets for 93 runs, this being his first five-wicket haul.

But the spell which put the skids under the Australians’ feet was delivered by Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma in the afternoon. They bowled 16 overs in tandem after lunch and claimed three wickets. Australian batting then came unstuck and were all out in the extended middle session.

Overnight centurion David Warner continued his good work of yesterday and made 180 before falling in the deep to Ishant. Warner could have been out for 126 in the team total of 193 for no loss had Virat Kohli at first slip had accepted a chance off Zaheer.

The Australian openers, who began the day at 149 for no loss, put together 214 runs for the first wicket which came after three years. Simon Katich and Phil Jacques had raised 223 runs together against West Indies in Barbados in 2008-09.

After the first hour of relative calm, India picked up a clutch of three wickets, all courtesy Umesh Yadav who followed the Australian example of bowling full and on seam. His victims in the first session were Ed Cowan (74), Shaun Marsh (11) and Ricky Ponting (7).

Ishant Sharma got the afternoon going when he had Warner caught at the long on boundary by Yadav for 180. Warner batted for 261 minutes and 159 balls and hit 20 fours and five towering sixes during his knock.

Zaheer then got into action and, coming round the wicket, made Clarke nibble one behind the stumps for 18 runs.

That there was no love lost between Zaheer and Brad Haddin was evident when the left-arm paceman sent down a snorter which hit the Australian wicketkeeper painfully in his left forehand. Two deliveries later, Haddin played back to a swinging delivery and edged a catch behind the stumps.

Zaheer and Ishant were rested after spells of eight overs each but their replacements, Vinay Kumar and Yadav proved ideal foil. The success for Vinay Kumar and Yadav was not instantly coming as Peter Siddle picked up his run smartly and put on 36 valuable runs for the seventh wicket.

It was Yadav’s full-pitched delivery that cleaned up Siddle from the other end. It was a beautiful delivery when swung in and left the right-hander late to hit his off-stump.

Yet Siddle made 30 off 31 balls in 41 minutes with four fours and played a valuable hand for the hosts.

As the tea-break approaches, Yadav bowled a short delivery which had Ryan Harris in a tangle. The right-hander could only spoon it up for Gambhir to accept the chance backward of short leg.

Virender Sehwag took the final wicket when Ben Hilfenhaus holed him out to long on.

Live Scores: South Africa Vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, 14 Jan 2012

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 12:05 AM PST

Toss: South Africa have won the toss and elected to field

Teams:
South Africa (Playing XI): Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers(w/c), Jean-Paul Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Albie Morkel, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Lonwabo Tsotsobe

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Tillakaratne Dilshan(c), Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara(w), Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Kosala Kulasekara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Rangana Herath, Dhammika Prasad

Pitch Report: It is a very pleasent day for cricket and the conditions are good for bowling. The surface looks good for batting, but the overhead cloud conditions will help the bowlers get some swing with the new ball. There is a dark tinge on the pitch which means that there should be some moisture on the surface. It will become a belter as the match wears on.

Live 2nd ODI: South Africa opts to field against Sri Lanka at East London, 14 Jan 2012

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 12:01 AM PST

Toss: South Africa have won the toss and elected to field

ABDV: We will bowl first. There is a bit of cloud cover and I am confident about our batting line up. We will start from the beginning and have no changes in our squad. We are looking forward to a good contest.

Dilshan: We would have batted on this surface. The morale is pretty good in the squad. We have 2 injury enforced changes. Dilhara is out with an injury and so is Ajantha Mendis. They will be replaced by Dhammika and Rangana Herath. We are up for the challenge.

More South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2011 Highlights, News, Scores

Live Cricket Score: India Vs Australia Day 2 Perth 3rd Test 2012

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 07:30 PM PST