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Sunday, July 22, 2012

C r i c H o t L i n e

C r i c H o t L i n e

Hashim Amla first South African to hit triple ton

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 10:52 AM PDT


Hashim Amla became the first South Africa batsman to score 300 in a Test match when he reached the landmark against England on the fourth day of the first Test at The Oval here on Sunday.

In the process he broke the previous South Africa individual Test innings record of teammate AB de Villiers, who made 278 not out against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in November 2010.

Amla was on 311 not out when South Africa captain Graeme Smith declared his side’s first innings on a mammoth 637 for two; a lead of 252 runs.

In all, Amla faced 529 balls and struck 35 fours in what was the 29-year-old’s 15th Test century, which far exceeded his previous personal highest of 253 not out against India at Nagpur in 2010.

Leading Test scores by South Africa batsmen:

Hashim Amla 311 no v England The Oval 2012

AB de Villiers 278 no v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 2010

Graeme Smith 277 v England Birmingham 2003

Daryll Cullinan 275 no v New Zealand Auckland 1999

Gary Kirsten 275 v England Durban 1999

Graeme Pollock 274 v Australia Durban 1970

England vs South Africa Day 4 Highlights 1st Test The Oval 2012 #EngvSA

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 10:45 AM PDT


England vs South Africa highlights of the Day 4 of the 1st Test played at The Oval, England on 22 July 2012. South Africa tour England for 3 Test matches played in England. Smith, Amla and Kallis played a superb innings on Day 3 to give home side a tough luck in the field. England bowlers were not able to hold back South Africa batsman and it was SA on Day 3. Check out the Day 4 action of 1st Test in Highlights below:

South Africa vs England Day 4 Highlights 1st Test will be posted here. Match scheduled to start at 10:00 GMT or 15:30 IST.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Check out the preview of 1st Test here and for live scores go here

Indian team fined for slow over-rate in 1st ODI

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 04:29 AM PDT


Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was fined 20 per cent of his match fee while his teammates were docked 10 per cent of their earnings for maintaining a slow over-rate during the first ODI against Sri Lanka.

“India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the India team have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its 21-run victory against Sri Lanka in the first One Day International held in Hambantota on Saturday,” the ICC said in a statement.

The India side was ruled to be an over short of its target when time allowances were taken into consideration.

Match referee Chris Broad imposed a 20 per cent fine on Dhoni while each of his player received 10-per-cent-fines.

“The offence is contrary to Article 2.5.1 of the code which relates to minor over-rate offences. The finding and penalty were imposed following a full disciplinary hearing,” the statement said.

India won the first match by 21 runs last night. (PTI)

India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI Statistical Highlights #IndvSL 2012

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 01:05 AM PDT


Statistical highlights of the first one-dayer between India and Sri Lanka.

# Virender Sehwag’s 96 off 97 balls is his first half-century in six innings since registering 219 against the West Indies at Indore on December 8 last year.

# Sehwag’s superb 38th ODI fifty is his fifth against Sri Lanka. He has recorded his sixth score in the nervous nineties – his second against Sri Lanka.

# Sehwag’s first score in the nineties against Sri Lanka was an unbeaten 99 at Dambulla on August 16, 2010.

# Sehwag is averaging 46.81 in India’s victories – 5711 runs in 131 matches, including 14 hundreds and 28 fifties.

# Virat Kohli has registered three successive centuries against Sri Lanka in ODIs.

# Kohli became the first batsman to hit four hundreds in ODIs this year. His fourth hundred against Sri Lanka is his 12th in ODIs.

# Kohli’s aggregate of 596 runs at an average of 149.00 is a record in five consecutive innings, overtaking Matthew Hayden’s aggregate of 529 at an average of 132.25 in 2007.

# Kohli’s magnificent match-winning 106 off 113 balls is his first century against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

# Kohli, for the first time in ODIs, has recorded his fifth successive score of fifty-plus – an unbeaten 133 at Hobart on February 28, 2012 and 108 at Dhaka on March 13 – both against Sri Lanka, 66 against Bangladesh at Dhaka on March 16, 183 against Pakistan at Dhaka on March 18 and 106 against Sri Lanka at Hambantota.

# His tally of four hundreds in five innings is an outstanding achievement in ODIs.

# Kohli became the third Indian player to post five innings of fifty-plus in a row in ODIs, joining Sachin Tendulkar during 1994 and Rahul Dravid during 2004-05 (four for India and one for Asia XI)

# Kohli has received four MOM awards this year – the most by him in a calendar year. His eleventh Man of the Match award in ODIs is his third against Sri Lanka.

# Sehwag is the eighth Indian batsman to be run-out in the nervous nineties. The only batsman to achieve this unwanted feat twice is Sourav Ganguly.

# The aggregate of 607 for 15 wickets is the second highest between India and Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka, next only to the 608 for 16 wickets at Colombo (RPS) on July 7, 1998.

# India have recorded 70 totals of 300 or more in ODIs – the first team to do so.

# India’s 314 for six is the highest score by any team against Sri Lanka at Hambantota – the third highest at this venue, next only to Sri Lanka’s 332 for seven against Canada on February 20, 2011 and Pakistan’s 317 for seven against Kenya on February 23, 2011.

# India (314 for six) have posted their fourth highest total against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka – their highest is 363 for five at Colombo, RPS on February 3, 2009.

# Sehwag and Kohli shared a partnership of 173 for the second wicket – the second highest for India against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka, next only to the 188 between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir at Colombo, RPS on February 5, 2009.

# Kumar Sangakkara has become the first batsman to aggregate 1,000 runs in ODIs in 2012 – 1038 at an average of 45.13 in 25 games. His tally includes three centuries and five fifties.

# Sangakkara has achieved the aforesaid feat four times in a calendar year – 2004, 2006, 2011 & 2012.

# Sangakkara has become the fifth player to make five centuries or more against India in ODIs. Sanath Jayasuriya (7), Ricky Ponting (6), Nathan Astle (5), Salman Butt (5) and Sangakkara (5) are the batsmen to achieve the distinction.

# Sangakkara’s run tally of 10,769 at an average of 38.59 in 331 matches has bettered Mahela Jayawardene’s tally of 10704 (ave. 33.34) in 379 ODIs. Sanath Jayasuriya is the leading Sri Lankan run-getter in ODIs with 13430 at an average of 445 matches for SL/Asia.

# Sangakkara’s fifth hundred against India is his 14th in One-Day Internationals.

# Lasith Malinga for the first time has conceded 80 runs or more without taking a single wicket in an ODI. (PTI)
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