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- Live Stream Day 3 India vs New Zealand 2nd Test 2012
- Preview: England vs South Africa 4th ODI Lord’s 2012
- Statistical Highlights Day 2 – India vs New Zealand 2nd Test Bangalore 2012
- Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni lead fightback on Day 2 of 2nd Test against New Zealand
- India vs New Zealand Day 2 Highlights 2nd Test Bangalore 2012
- Jamshed, Azhar help Pakistan beat Australia in 2nd ODI to level series
- Pakistan vs Australia 2nd ODI Post Match Presentation Abu Dhabi 2012
- 3rd ODI: England beat South Africa by 4 wickets, back to no. 1 spot in rankings
| Live Stream Day 3 India vs New Zealand 2nd Test 2012 Posted: 01 Sep 2012 02:02 PM PDT
India vs New Zealand Day 3 Live Streaming 2nd Test 2012. New Zealand vs India Series 2012 Cricket Live Streaming. Ind vs NZ 2nd Test 2012 Live Streams here. Watch the 2nd Test of India vs New Zealand series live online. India vs New Zealand 2nd Test will be played at Bangalore from 31 August to 4 September, 2012. The Day 2 was mix and match for both teams. New Zealand bowled well to pick up quick wickets but Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni stand gave India a much needed partnership. India are now 283 for 5 with Kohli on 93 and Dhoni on 46. First session on Day 3 will be crucial for both teams. Can New Zealand bowl out India in first session? Will India chase down New Zealand lead and put up a decent score? Watch all the action of Day 3 Online. 1. TheCricTV – http://thecrictv.com 2. TheCricket-TV – http://thecricket-tv.info 3. TheCricket-TV – http://thecrickettvvinnffoo.blogspot.com  |
| Preview: England vs South Africa 4th ODI Lord’s 2012 Posted: 01 Sep 2012 11:25 AM PDT
England’s decision of including Jade Dernbach in the side worked in their favour as he and James Anderson shared seven wickets between them. Another interesting aspect of the home team's Oval win was that they reclaimed the No.1 status back from South Africa and would not like to lose it so soon. English bowlers were the architects of that series-leveling win and the gamble of including Dernbach and James Tredwell paid off. Even without Graeme Swann, England’s bowling with a mix of pace and spin looks balanced, add to that bits-and-pieces fifth bowler options at Alastair Cook's disposal.
So far what is ailing England is their top order batting with skipper Cook himself struggling against the South African pace attack. On the other hand, South Africa are a much stronger side, be it in any department, indicating that the Oval horror show could be just one off. Hashim Amla has been their batting mainstay and in the second ODI, he single-handedly took the match away from England by scoring a fluent 150 off 124 balls, even though he failed in the second ODI. Apart from Amla, the rest of the batsmen are getting starts but not able to convert into big scores – especially the likes of AB de Villiers and JP Duminy. On the bowling front, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell and Robin Peterson have been consistent for South Africa. But they are experimenting to find out another new ball partner for Morkel if ever Dale Steyn has to miss out. Ryan McLaren has been tried but without much success, because of which Steyn was recalled in the last match after being rested for the first two ODIs. It is highly unlikely that England will change their winning combination and South Africa as discussed earlier may alter their bowling set up and bring in legspinner Imran Tahir in place of Lonwabo Tsotsobe Probable XIs: South Africa: 1 Hashim Amla, 2 Graeme Smith, 3 Dean Elgar, 4 AB de Villiers, 5 Faf du Plessis, 6 JP Duminy, 7 Wayne Parnell, 8 Robin Peterson, 9 Morne Morkel, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Lonwabo Tsotsobe/Imran Tahir  |
| Statistical Highlights Day 2 – India vs New Zealand 2nd Test Bangalore 2012 Posted: 01 Sep 2012 10:59 AM PDT
# Pragyan Ojha (5/99) has registered his third instance of five wickets or more in an innings in Tests – his first two instances being against the West Indies. # For the fourth time in a two-Test series, three instances of five wickets or more in an innings have been recorded for India – once each against Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Zealand and Zimbabwe. # Ojha is the third bowler to capture five wickets or more in an innings for India against New Zealand at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – the first two Indian bowlers being Narendra Hirwani – 6/59 in November 1988 and Anil Kumble – 5/81 in October 1995.
# New Zealand (365) have posted their highest total against India at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. # Doug Bracewell (43 off 79 balls) has recorded his career-best innings in Test cricket. # Virat Kohli has managed 440 runs at an average of 62.85 in five Tests this year – the most by an Indian in Tests in 2012. His tally includes a century and three fifties. # Kohli’s second half-century against New Zealand is his fifth in Tests. His brilliant unbeaten 93 off 174 balls is his second highest score in Test Cricket, behind the 116 against Australia at Adelaide in January 2012. # Suresh Raina (55 off 90 balls) has posted his seventh half-century in Tests – his first against New Zealand. # Raina’s superb knock is his second half-century in nine innings on Indian soil – his highest is 86 against Australia at Mohali in 2010-11. # Tim Southee (3/35) has registered his best bowling figures against India. # Dhoni and Kohli have added an unbroken stand of 104 – India’s highest sixth wicket partnership at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. # The 104-run unbroken partnership is India’s sixth highest against New Zealand in Tests. Dhoni figures in four such stands. # Sachin Tendulkar became the third batsman to be bowled 50 times or more in Tests. Rahul Dravid (55) and Allan Border (53) top the charts. # Kruger van Wyk (71 off 100 balls) has registered his highest score in Tests. (PTI)  |
| Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni lead fightback on Day 2 of 2nd Test against New Zealand Posted: 01 Sep 2012 06:32 AM PDT
After restricting New Zealand to 365 in the first innings, the Indians were tottering at 80 for four at one stage before Kohli (93 not out) led the Indian fightback as they reached 283 for five at close on the second day at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Suresh Raina (55) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (batting 46) also played an important part in India’s recovery. The home side still trail by 82 runs with five first innings wickets intact after a half-and-hour’s extended play.
The umpires Ian Gould and Steve Davis decided to extend play as 34 minutes were lost on Friday due to bad light. However, play continued under the lights for the second consecutive day. Kohli was involved in a crucial 99-run partnership with Raina for the fourth wicket and then put on 104 runs with Dhoni for the unbroken sixth wicket stand. Kohli initially played a waiting game until he found his bearings and executed some delightful drives early on. Later on, he intermittently raised the tempo scoring couple of boundaries in an over. The Delhi batsman chose loose balls to attack and paced his innings well to see India narrow the deficit. Kohli brought his fifth Test half-century off 100 balls in style by clipping pacer Tim Southee to fine leg fence for four. Dhoni arrived at the crease when India were in a spot of bother at 179 for five and targeted Kiwi spinner Jeetan Patel in order to get the momentum going. Dhoni was a delight to watch against Patel as he smashed four boundaries, one off the backfoot through covers and then a helicopter shot over long on and two over deep square leg fence. Raina, who was looking to capitalise on a partnership with Kohli, began the post tea session with caution, not playing too many shots. He was soon snapped up by keeper Kruger van Wyk on 55 when he tried to glance a Tim Southee delivery to fine leg. Raina faced 90 balls and hit nine fours and a six. The Kanpur batsman was unhappy with himself for getting out in this fashion for the second time in the series. Earlier Raina and Kohli took India to 168 for four at tea. Raina, who walked on to the middle when India were reduced to 80 for four, took charge and immediately launched an attack against Kiwi bowlers. Raina was ruthless against Doug Bracewell and Tim Southee, who had packed the Indian top order batsmen back to the pavillion, smacking them to boundaries. Raina had a big slice of luck while on his individual score of 48 when the third umpire Sudhir Asnani ruled him not out in an appeal for stumping by Kruger van Wyk as Jeetan Patel had overstepped the bowling line. Raina soon reached to his seventh Test half century after he took a couple of runs to third man off Patel. Kohli, who was sedate for a long time, found his bearing soon after as he blasted a six off Kiwi spinner for a six. As the innings progressed, Kohli got his timing right as he cracked delightful boundaries. Resuming the post-lunch session at 63 for two, Doug Bracewell provided a good start for New Zealand striking twice in quick session to dismiss the dangerous Virender Sehwag (43) and Sachin Tendulkar (17), leaving India tottering at 80 for four. Sehwag flicked lazily to a fuller ball off Bracewell for Flynn to take a sharp catch high to his right at midwicket. Two overs later, Tendulkar’s middle stump was disturbed as he tried to drive with an angled bat a pitched-up delivery off Bracewell. Raina, who scored just three runs in Hyderabad Test, looked in good touch. Facing his fourth ball, the southpaw smashed Trent Boult to a boundary to fine leg fence making his intentions clear. In the next over, Raina punished Bracewell, hitting him three successive boundaries. He again sprayed two boundaries against Southee as India raced past 100 run mark in 27 overs. New Zealand captain Taylor introduced spinner Jeetan Patel and immediately applied brakes on the run flow for the next seven odd overs. However, Kohli and Raina waited for the right time and hit Patel for 15 runs in an over. After hitting a six off Patel, Kohli soon found his bearing and executed two glorious drives to the fence. First, he clipped Bracewell through mid-on and the straight-drove Boult with great timing. Earlier in the morning session, India wrapped up New Zealand’s first innings at 365 but lost a couple of early wickets to go to the lunch break at 63 for two. The visitors lost four wickets in quick succession after their tail did not wag much and could muster only an additional 37 runs to their overnight score. First to go was Kruger van Wyk for 71 while trying to steer Zaheer Khan but managing to hit in the air to the second slip where Suresh Raina dived to his right to take a sharp catch. Doug Bracewell, who played cautiously along with him on Friday, dealt in boundaries against the Indian attack but was run out for 43 off 79 balls after Zaheer’s misfielding hit the wicket at the non-striker’s end. Jeetan Patel did not stay long as he faced two balls before getting out for a nought to seamer Umesh Yadav. The New Zealand innings folded after Pragyan Ojha claimed his fifth wicket by trapping Southee. It was Southee who gave the first jolt in the Indian reply as he got rid of Indian opener Gautam Gambhir and first Test centurion Cheteshwar Pujara with the new ball. But the other opener, Sehwag, who survived a loud appeal for leg before off Southee early on, looked in devastating moods giving scant respect to the Kiwi pacers. Giving momentum to the Indian innings after the hosts were in a spot of bother, Sehwag cut loose soon after Gambhir fell at the other end. The aggressive right-hander made merry by flicking, driving and slashing hard at the deliveries bowled at him. Tendulkar, who sweated it out at his defence during the nets before the start of the match, played cautiously on a wicket which helped the seamers. Starting their first innings, the Indian openers had a torrid time out in the middle as Trent Boult and Southee, used overcast condition and moisture on the surface. Both swung the ball and put Gambhir and Sehwag in a spot of bother. Gambhir, who was lucky to have survived after Brendon McCullum dropped him on one in the slips, fell for two off a Southee ball that curved in and clipped the bail on way to the keeper.  |
| India vs New Zealand Day 2 Highlights 2nd Test Bangalore 2012 Posted: 01 Sep 2012 04:25 AM PDT
India vs New Zealand 2nd Test Cricket Highlights. India vs New Zealand Day 2 Highlights 2nd Test 2012. Ind vs NZ Cricket Highlights 2nd Test Bangalore 2012. New Zealand came back well in the 2nd Test with Ross Taylor leading the team from front. Ross Taylor played a super inning and smashes a century to help New Zealand put up 328 runs with a loss of 6 wickets at the close of Day 1. New Zealand have started off well and the first hour in the morning is crucial. Kiwis have done well but how much will they be able to score more? How much can New Zealand score? How well will Indian bowlers do on Day 2? Watch the Highlights of the Day 2 of 2nd Test here and tell us what you think about the day 2 action.  |
| Jamshed, Azhar help Pakistan beat Australia in 2nd ODI to level series Posted: 31 Aug 2012 09:10 PM PDT
Jamshed’s innings, which spanned just 98 balls and included 11 fours and two sixes, helped Misbah-ul-Haq’s side make light work of what looked set to be a testing target after Australia made 248 for nine. The 22-year-old shared partnerships of 66 with fellow opener Mohammed Hafeez (23) and 101 with Azhar Ali before miscuing a drive at Mitchell Johnson to be caught at mid-off by Mitchell Starc just three runs short of his second ODI hundred.
Australia’s bowlers were handicapped by heavy dew in the second innings of a match that spanned two days and finished in the early hours of the morning local time. “It was a good toss to lose as dew was a major factor,” Misbah told reporters. “It was good for us there was so much dew during the second innings but the way Nasser Jamshed played, he showed his class.” Australia captain Michael Clarke said on the eve of the match that he wanted bigger contributions from his batsmen but although five of them passed 20, only Mike Hussey (61) was able to reach a half-century. He conceded, however, that it had been a mistake to bat first after winning the toss. “It was definitely the wrong choice but we can’t use it as an excuse,” Clarke told reporters. “With the late start, dew will affect both sides so it’s all about finding a way of executing better than we did tonight. “A big part of the role of our top four is to make big scores and it’s disappointing we weren’t able to do that again.” Australia’s batsmen were once again shackled by Pakistan’s spinners with off-spinner Saeed Ajmal again proving the key bowler. Ajmal, who took 3-30 in the previous match in the previous match in Sharjah, once again tormented the Australia batsmen and finished with 4-32. “He’s our number one bowler and he’s the number one in the world,” said Misbah. “He is playing his role, helping us win matches but the other spinners are doing that too.” Ajmal tormented David Warner (24) and the opener laboured for 68 balls before being put out of his misery when he tried to work the spinner on the on-side and was adjudged leg before wicket. Ajmal also removed David Hussey lbw for a duck leg as he pushed forward and then returned later in the innings to dismiss Mike Hussey and Glenn Maxwell (28), the latter stumped as he charged a doosra after a bright knock. Mike Hussey faced 72 balls and hit a four and two sixes as he and George Bailey (39) got Australia back on track with a stand of 66 in 14 overs after coming together with their team in some disarray at 87-4. There were two late wickets for left-arm fast bowler Junaid Khan (3-52) but at the halfway stage Australia’s total looked a useful one until it became apparent that dew would be such a handicap. Asad Shafiq (9) fell cheaply soon after Jamshed was dismissed to give Australia hope but Azhar Ali (59 not out) and Misbah (35 not out) ensured there was no late wobble, adding an unbroken 59 from nine overs to see their side home.  |
| Pakistan vs Australia 2nd ODI Post Match Presentation Abu Dhabi 2012 Posted: 31 Aug 2012 04:41 PM PDT
Misbah: It was a wonderful match. I am happy with the way our youngsters played. Nasir did superbly well, Azhar is showing a lot of improvements. I felt that the bowlers were wonderful especially the spinners. I think I was lucky to lose the toss (with a sheepish grin). Clarke: We should have perhaps bowled first, it was difficult to bowl with a wet ball. But no excuses, we did not excecute our plans well. We will hope to do well in the 3rd match. Jamshed: I am thankful for the almighty, my team-mates supported me well. We were a bit complacent in the previous match, we are happy to win. Nasir Jamshed is the MoM for his fine 97  |
| 3rd ODI: England beat South Africa by 4 wickets, back to no. 1 spot in rankings Posted: 31 Aug 2012 02:58 PM PDT
Dernbach, recalled in place of Tim Bresnan, took three for 44 in nine overs on his Surrey home ground on Friday as South Africa were dismissed for a below par 211 with 20 balls of their innings left. Fellow seamer James Anderson took four for 44 in 9.4 overs, including a spell of three for one in eight balls that polished off the tail to help set up a win — England’s first over the Proteas this season in any format — that levelled the five-match series at 1-1.
England slumped to 64 for three in reply before a fourth-wicket partnership of 108 between former South Africa youth international Jonathan Trott (71) and ex-Ireland left-hander Eoin Morgan (73) punished the tourists for not making enough runs after winning the toss. Amla was again South Africa’s top scorer, as he had been while making a masterful 150 in the Proteas’ 80-run victory at Southampton on Tuesday. But his return to the ground where last month he became the first South Africa batsman to score a Test match triple century saw him dismissed by Dernbach for just 43. South Africa made a steady start after winning the toss, with Amla and Graeme Smith sharing an opening partnership of 50. But Smith was bowled by Anderson for 18 after the left-hander charged down the pitch. England then got Amla, a thorn in their side all season, out relatively cheaply when Dernbach produced a full length delivery that nipped back and bowled him off the inside edge. James Tredwell, replacing rested fellow off-spinner Graeme Swann, took two for 49 as both South Africa captain AB de Villiers and JP Duminy holed out when well set. Dean Elgar, in only his second innings at this level, made 42 until bowled by a clever slower ball from Dernbach, who last played for England in a one-dayer against Australia in July, that completely deceived the left-hander. Dernbach, born in Johannesburg but who arrived in England as a schoolboy, struck again when Wayne Parnell edged to wicket-keeper Craig Kieswetter, a former South Africa Under-19 international. Ian Bell was lbw to recalled fast bowler Dale Steyn, included after being rested from the first two matches, to leave England 14 for one. England one-day, and now Test, captain Alastair Cook took 18 balls to get off the mark before clipping Lonwabo Tsotsobe off his pads for four. But the left-hander carelessly lofted spinner Robin Peterson to Elgar, running round from deep mid-wicket, on 20. And 61 for two became 64 for three when Ravi Bopara was caught behind for a duck by wicket-keeper de Villiers off fast bowler Morne Morkel. Trott took 86 balls over his fifty, with just two fours, but prevented further collapse while Morgan, who lofted left-arm spinner Elgar for the first six of the match during a 54-ball fifty, ensured the innings did not stagnate. Man-of-the-match Morgan, known as one-day ‘finisher’, later advanced down the pitch to cover-drive Tsotsobe for an impressive six high over long-off before he skied a return catch to Peterson. Trott was out with five needed for victory when caught behind off left-arm quick Parnell. The series continues across London at Lord’s on Sunday.  |
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