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Thursday, August 16, 2012

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England dominate on Day 1 of Lords Test against South Africa

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:50 PM PDT


JP Duminy and Vernon Philander led South Africa’s recovery from 54 for four to 262 for seven at stumps on the first day of the third Test against England at Lord’s on Thursday.

While the score, particularly the number of wickets lost, would have been uncomfortable for South Africa captain Graeme Smith, who won the toss and batted, the situation could have been so much worse.

Fast bowler Steven Finn (three for 68) rocked the tourists with a pre-lunch burst of three for three in seven legitimate deliveries on his Middlesex home ground while James Anderson took three for 57.

But come the close Philander was 46 not out, having shared a seventh-wicket stand of 72 with Duminy, who gave it away on 61.

South Africa, 1-0 up in this three-match series and needing only to avoid defeat to replace England as the world’s number one Test side, saw their powerful top order all out before lunch.

Opener Smith had made scores of 259 and 107 in his two previous Lord’s Tests.

But a third century eluded him when Anderson, with his first ball from around the wicket, had the left-hander caught behind for 14 by wicket-keeper Matt Prior although England had to review Sri Lankan umpire Kumar Dharmasena’s initial not out decision.

It was the first time in four innings this series that Smith, who on Thursday broke Australia great Allan Border’s record for most Tests as captain by leading the Proteas for the 94th match, had failed to make a fifty.

First change Finn, who retained his place at the expense of Tim Bresnan after England recalled off-spinner Graeme Swann having opted for an all seam attack during the drawn second Test at Headingley, then took over.

Alviro Petersen, who made a Test-best 182 at Headingley, was next out when he ‘gloved’ the tall Finn, getting good bounce, down the legside to Prior for 22.

It seemed he’d withdrawn his hand from the bat in time, but Petersen did not review the decision.

And 49 for two soon became 54 for four as England, whose build-up to this match had been overshadowed by their decision to drop Kevin Pietersen for sending text messsages to South African players, saw Finn make a quick double strike.

Hashim Amla, who posted a South Africa record 311 not out in their innings victory in the first Test at The Oval, was bowled for 13 by a superb Finn delivery that nipped between bat and pad to clip off-stump.

Jacques Kallis then fell for just three, going the same way as Petersen, although his legside glove needed a lengthy review by Australian third umpire Rod Tucker.

It appeared Kallis’s hand too was off the bat at the moment of impact.

But Tucker felt differently, much to the all-rounder’s visible disbelief, and England captain Andrew Strauss had yet more reason to celebrate his 100th Test and 50th as skipper.

AB de Villiers and Jacques Rudolph put on 51 for the fifth wicket.

But the stand ended when de Villiers (27), edged Anderson to third slip Alastair Cook.

Rudolph, carelessly, was bowled off an inside edge, hitting across the line by Swann for 42 and, three balls into the new ball Duminy, not moving his feet, wafted at an Anderson ball well outside off-stump and was caught behind, having batted for nearly three hours.

There was a bizarre end to the day’s play when a power cut all round Lord’s saw several floodlights fail, with the umpires going off for bad light.

Scorecard: England vs South Africa 3rd Test Lords 16-20 August 2012

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 11:38 AM PDT


South Africa in England 2012

England vs South Africa – 3rd Test

Played at Lord’s, London, 16 – 20 August 2012

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

Stumps – Day 1

SA 1st Inn

South Africa 1st Innings R B 4s 6s SR
>Graeme Smith (c) c M Prior b J Anderson 14 29 1 0 48.28
Alviro Petersen c M Prior b S Finn 22 54 4 0 40.74
Hashim Amla b S Finn 13 30 3 0 43.33
Jacques Kallis c M Prior b S Finn 3 9 0 0 33.33
AB de Villiers (wk) c A Cook b J Anderson 27 47 6 0 57.45
Jacques Rudolph b G Swann 42 103 5 0 40.78
Jean-Paul Duminy c M Prior b J Anderson 61 158 6 0 38.61
Vernon Philander Not Out 46 64 5 0 71.87
Dale Steyn Not Out 21 32 3 0 65.62
Imran Tahir            
Morne Morkel            
Extras (b 7,lb 5,w 1, nb 0) 13
Total (7 wickets; 87.4 overs) 262 (2.98 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (South Africa):

1-22 (Smith, 8.3 ov), 2-49 (Petersen, 18.3 ov), 3-50 (Amla, 18.6 ov), 4-54 (Kallis, 20.3 ov), 5-105 (de Villiers, 38.1 ov), 6-163 (Rudolph, 57.3 ov), 7-235 (Duminy, 80.3 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
James Anderson 23 5 58 3 2.50  
Stuart Broad 20 4 57 0 2.80  
Steven Finn 16.4 2 68 3 4.10 (w 1)
Graeme Swann 22 6 53 1 2.40  
Jonathan Trott 6 1 14 0 2.33  


Teams:
South Africa (Playing XI): Graeme Smith(c), Alviro Petersen, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers(w), Jacques Rudolph, Jean-Paul Duminy, Imran Tahir, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn

England (Playing XI): Andrew Strauss(c), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Jonathan Bairstow, James Taylor, Matt Prior(w), Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Steven Finn, James Anderson

England vs South Africa Day 1 Highlights 3rd Test #EngvSA Lords 2012

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 11:31 AM PDT


England vs South Africa highlights of the Day 1 of the 3rd Test played at Lord’s, London, England on 16 August 2012. For the second time England have to play a must win final test of the series. South Africa leading the series by 1-0 will now look for a 2-0 up and no 1 test spot. Kevin Pietersen, who played a superb knock of 149 runs in the last is axed from the Lord’s test. Can England save themselves? Watch out for the highlights of the South Africa tour of England 2012 here.

South Africa vs England Lord’s Test Highlights will be posted here. Match scheduled to start at 10:00 GMT or 15:30 IST.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Check out the preview of 3rd Test here and for live scores go here

Bangladesh announce squad for World T20 in Sri Lanka

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 06:34 AM PDT


Bangladesh on Thursday announced their 15-man squad for the ICC World Twenty20 starting September 18 in Sri Lanka, with Farhad Reza being the only change in their squad which was on the tour of Europe recently.

Bangladesh recently finished their tours of Netherlands, Ireland and Scotland, where they played Twenty20 internationals.

Former captain and all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who missed the ongoing Sri Lanka Premier League, has also been named in the squad.

Shakib suffered an injury in his knee, and is now fit to return to the field, the International Cricket Council (ICC) informed on its website.

The same squad will participate as the BCB XI in an invitational Twenty20 tournament in Trinidad being organised to commemorate Trinidad & Tobago’s 50th independence anniversary.

Bangladesh Squad:

Mushfiqur Rahim (c), Mahmud Ullah, Tamim Iqbal, Zunaed Siddique, Jahurul Islam, Mohammad Ashraful, Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Mohammad Elias, Masrafe Bin Mortaza, Farhad Reza, Shafiul Islam, Ziaur Rahman, Abul Hasan.

India vs Papua New Guinea Scorecard Under-19s World Cup 2012

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 06:11 AM PDT


ICC Under-19 World Cup

India Under-19s vs Papua New Guinea Under 19s – 22nd match, Group C

Played at Endeavour Park, Townsville, 16 Aug 2012

Toss - India Under 19s won the toss and elected to Bat.

Result – India Under-19s beat Papua New Guinea Under-19s by 107 runs

India Under-19s Innings

India Under-19s Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Prashant Chopra b Vagi Morea 58 79 7 0 73.41
Unmukt Chand (c) c Kent b Soper 4 2 1 0 200.00
Baba Aparajith run out 14 21 1 0 66.66
G Hanuma Vihari lbw b Tom 6 13 0 0 46.15
Vijay Zol c D Bau b Soper 72 95 8 0 75.78
Akshdeep Nath b Tom 1 5 0 0 20.00
Smit Patel (wk) c Boge b Haoda 30 39 2 1 76.92
Kamal Passi b Soper 0 1 0 0 0
Vikas Mishra lbw b Soper 0 4 0 0 0
Ravikant Singh lbw b Soper 3 11 0 0 27.27
Sandeep Sharma Not Out 0 4 0 0 0
Extras (b 0, lb 0,w 13, nb 3) 16
Total (all out; 45.1 overs) 204 (4.51 runs per over)

Fall of Wickets (India Under-19s):

1-5 (Chand, 1.2 ov), 2-49 (Aparajith, 9.5 ov), 3-73 (Vihari, 15.1 ov), 4-95 (Chopra, 22.4 ov), 5-98 (Nath, 23.6 ov), 6-180 (Patel, 38.5 ov), 7-180 (Passi, 39.1 ov), 8-181 (Vikas Mishra, 39.5 ov), 9-197 (Ravikant Singh, 43.4 ov), 10-204 (Zol, 45.1 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Raymond Haoda 8 0 38 1 4.75 (nb 1,w 4)
Chad Soper 7.1 0 32 5 4.46 (w 4)
K Vagi Morea 10 0 38 1 3.80  
Toua Tom 10 1 26 2 2.60 (nb 1, w 1)
Christopher Kent 2 0 18 0 9.00 (nb 1, w 2)
Sese Bau 4 0 23 0 5.75  
Charles Amini 4 0 29 0 7.25 (w 2)


Papua New Guinea Under-19s Innings

Papua New Guinea Under-19s Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Lega Siaka c Chand b Passi 1 14 7 0 7.14
Dogodo Bau (wk) c Patel b R Singh 14 49 1 0 28.57
Christopher Kent (c) c R Singh b V Mishra 27 29 1 0 93.10
Sese Bau c Patel b R Singh 3 15 0 0 20.00
Vagi Oala c Vihari b R Singh 1 4 8 0 25.00
Charles Amini c Vihari b Aparajith 28 18 0 0 155.55
Nigel Boge c Patel b Passi 7 21 2 1 33.33
Chad Soper c Patel b R Singh 2 15 0 0 13.33
Toua Tom c Chopra b Aparajith 6 21 0 0 28.57
K Vagi Morea c Vihari b R Singh 0 2 0 0 0
Raymond Haoda Not Out 0 2 0 0 0
Extras (b 0, lb 1,w 7, nb 0) 8
Total (all out; 31.5 overs) 97 (3.04 runs per over)

Fall of Wickets (Papua New GuineaUnder-19s):

1-7 (Siaka, 3.5 ov), 2-42 (Kent, 13.3 ov), 3-50 (D Bau, 16.6 ov), 4-53 (Oala, 18.2 ov), 5-54 (S Bau, 18.4 ov), 6-89 (Boge, 24.4 ov), 7-89 (Amini, 25.2 ov), 8-93 (Soper, 30.2 ov), 9-93 (Vagi Morea, 30.4 ov), 10-97 (Tom, 31.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Sandeep Sharma 5 1 8 0 1.60 (w 1)
Kamal Passi 6 1 18 2 3.00 (w 3)
Vikas Mishra 6 1 33 1 5.50  
Ravikant Singh 9 2 21 5 2.33 (w 3)
B Aparajith 5.5 2 16 2 2.74  


Teams
India Under-19s: Prashant Chopra, Unmukt Chand (c), Baba Aparajith, Hanuma Vihari, Vijay Zol, Smit Patel (wk), Akshdeep Nath, Rush Kalaria, Kamal Passi, Ravikant Singh, Vikas Mishra, Sandeep Sharma.

Papua New Guinea Under-19s: Lega Siaka, Dogodo Bau (wk), Christopher Kent (c), Sese Bau, Vagi Oala, Charles Amini, Nigel Boge, Chad Soper, Toua Tom, K Vagi Morea, Raymond Haoda

India crush Papua New Guinea, to face Pakistan in U19 World Cup quarter-final

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 04:52 AM PDT


Medium pacer Ravikant Singh returned with a five-for as Indian colts thumped minnows Papua New Guinea by 107 runs to enter the quarter-finals of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup on Thursday.

Ravikant produced a fine seam bowling display to bundle out Papua New Guinea for meagre 97 runs in 32 overs in pursuit of a victory target of 204 set by India.

The 18-year-old pacer from Kolkata first accounted for wicket-keeper batsman Dogodo Bau before dismissing Vagi Oala and Sese Bau in quick succession to leave the opponents tottering at 54 for five in the 19th over.

Ravikant then claimed Chad Sopar and Kabua Vagi Morea on alternate deliveries of his ninth over to finish with impressive figures of five for 21 from his nine overs.

Kamal Passi and Baba Aprajith claimed two wickets each while Vikas Mishra claimed one wicket.

For Papua New Guinea, the only notable contribution came from the blade of Charles Amini (28) and Christopher Kent (27).

India’s batting woes in the tournament, however, continued as they were bundled out for 204 in 46 overs after electing to bat earlier in the day.

Had it not been for a 72-run knock from Vijay Zol and a well constructed 58 from Prashant Chopra, India would have struggled to even cross the 200-run mark.

The only other useful contribution came from wicketkeeper Smit Patel (30).

The Indian colts got an early jolt when skipper Unmukt Chand (4) returned to the hut in the second over.

Aparajith (14) and Hanuma Vihari (6) followed suit without contributing much and with Chopra falling in the 23rd over, it was left to Zol and Patel to take India to a respectability total.

The pair stitched together a partnership of 82-runs for the sixth wicket before Patel perished in the 39th over.

The tail-enders also could not contribute much to the India total.

India will now take on arch rivals Pakistan in the quarter-final of the U-19 World Cup. (PTI)

Brief Scores: India 204 all-out from 45.1 overs (Vijay Zol 72, Prashant Chopra 58, Smit Patel 30; Chad Soper 5 for 32) bt Papua New Guinea 97 all-out from 31.5 overs (Charles Amini 28, Christopher Kent 27; Ravikant Singh 5 for 21) by 107 runs.

Alister McDermott replaces injured McKay for Pakistan series

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 04:43 AM PDT


Alister McDermott will be replacing injured Clint McKay for the One-Day International series against Pakistan in UAE.

McKay suffered a hamstring injury during the practice match at the Player Camp in Darwin organised by Cricket Australia (CA).

"Clint sustained a hamstring strain during the first intra-squad practice match in Darwin and will not recover in time to play in the one-day component of the series in the UAE. He will be reassessed over the week to determine his availability for the T20 component of the UAE tour against Pakistan," Australia’s physiotherapist Alex Kountouris was quoted as saying by www.icc-cricket.com.

"Alister McDermott, the 21-year-old fast-medium bowler from Queensland, has been selected as McKay’s replacement," National Selector John Inverarity said.

"Alister was impressive in all formats last summer and bowled very well for Australia A against Durham last week. He is a very fit and disciplined young man who bowls with good sense and good control," Inverarity concluded.

Lords Test: South Africa wins toss, elects to bat against England #SAvEng

Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:40 AM PDT


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

Teams:
South Africa (Playing XI): Graeme Smith(c), Alviro Petersen, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers(w), Jacques Rudolph, Jean-Paul Duminy, Imran Tahir, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn

England (Playing XI): Andrew Strauss(c), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Jonathan Bairstow, James Taylor, Matt Prior(w), Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Steven Finn, James Anderson

South Africa go in with an unchanged team. Swann and Bairstow come in for Bresnan and Pietersen for England.

Check out the preview of 3rd Test here and for live scores go here

Australia announce squad for ICC World T20 in Sri Lanka

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:12 PM PDT


Australian selectors have selected a 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC World Twenty starting next month in Sri Lanka.

Glenn Maxwell is the only uncapped player in the squad, which also includes Brad Hogg, who has made a comeback after retirement riding on his Big Bash performances.

Australia’s pace department would be taken care of by Pat Cummins, Clint McKay, Ben Hilfenhaus and Mitchell Starc. Moreover, Daniel Christian and Shane Watson can fill in as fifth bowler option.

Squad:
George Bailey (captain), Shane Watson, Dan Christian, Patrick Cummins, Xavier Doherty, Ben Hilfenhaus, Brad Hogg, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Cameron White

England vs South Africa 3rd Test Live Streams Online 2012

Posted: 15 Aug 2012 03:38 PM PDT


South Africa vs England live streams link of 3rd Test to be played at Lord’s, London from 16-20 August 2012 will be posted here.

England managed to get a draw in second Test against South Africa at leeds and hence saved themselves from losing the test top spot. But can they save themselves again in last test at Lord’s? South Africa will be going out in full attacking mode to get the series by 2-0 and the no. 1 Test championship title. South African bowlers have given England batsman hard time on the field and now it will be interesting how they get over it in the last test. Kevin Pietersen was star of the last test and now he is aced from the team coz of the messaging row. Will England still save themselves?

England vs South Africa 3rd Test Live Streams online. Watch the South Africa tour of England 2012 live streams online. SA tour includes 3 Test, 5 ODI and T20 series against England. Live Stream links of series are posted below so just scroll down for the match timings and live stream links.

Match Timings: Aug 16-20, 2012 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 15:30 IST)

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