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Sunday, December 2, 2012

Cricket News and Cricket Highlights - Crichotline

Cricket News and Cricket Highlights - Crichotline


Pakistan inspection team gives clearance to Eden Gardens for India-Pakistan ODI #IndvsPak

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 07:30 AM PST


The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) inspection team today gave a green signal to the Eden Gardens after inspecting the stadium and facilities here for Pakistan’s One-dayer against India to be held on January 3.

Happy with the facilities, PCB media manager Nadeem Sarwar said: “We are very happy with the arrangements. We spoke the the commissioner of police (R K Pachnanda) in the morning and he has assured me of a smooth conduct.

“It’s a peaceful place. I don’t think there will be any trouble.

Sarwar led a four-member team, consisting of Ehsan Sadiq, Sohail Khan, Usman Wahla to the inspect the venue.

Ten former Pakistani greats will arrive in India to witness the two Twenty20 Internationals and three-match ODI series beginning on December 25 (Bangalore T20I) against India.

Sarwar said two former Pakistan cricketers will go to each venue but they were yet to prepare the list.

The inspection team had first went to the police headquarters at the Lal Bazar before inspecting the Eden Gardens that will host the second ODI.

The PCB team gave suggestions about security arrangements for the 500-odd special guests who are expected to arrive for the match.

England work hard in net to counter spin at Eden Gardens, Kolkata #IndvsEng

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 07:00 AM PST


England dealt with spin quite well in the series-levelling win in the second Test but their batsmen continued to practice against tweakers ahead of the third Test against India starting at Kolkata on December 5.

Two local club spinners — one left-arm orthodox and another leg-spinner — along with Monty Panesar bowled at the nets in tandem.

Monty, particularly, bowled his heart out as the English cricketers tried to master orthodox spin.

Earlier, the English cricketers arrived in two batches with Kevin Pietersen arriving in the afternoon. Skipper Alastair Cook was seen deeply involved in a discussion with bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed.

The in-form Cook, who has two centuries from two Tests, was seen negotiating the throw-ins from the former Pakistani leg-spinner and later the duo engaged themselves in discussion, while the remaining English players practised in the two practice nets.

Batsman Jonny Bairstow later acknowledged that the team still has challenges left to deal with despite dominating the Indian spin trio of Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha and R Ashwin in the Wankhede Test.

“It’s still going to be tough. There will always be challenges left in the spin department. With the weather conditions and with the reverse swing, it would be a massive challenge for us. But we will be looking forward to dealing with that in the next Test,” Bairstow conceded.

As they practised in tandem, a few yards away, the wicket lay covered.

“Honestly, we did not have a look at it. That’s not something we do normally before the match. I’m sure the Indians have had a detailed look and take the right decision,” he said.

PCB issues strict guidelines for players for India-Pakistan series #IndvsPak

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 04:58 AM PST


The Pakistan Cricket Board has laid some strict guidelines for its players for the upcoming tour of India which includes restrictions on attending private dinner parties and not entertaining any friends at the team hotel.

“There are certain security protocols that we have taken.

The PCB said that the players won’t be allowed entertain any requests from friends or fans to attend private dinner parties © AFP. They have also been intimated that they can’t entertain any guests in their hotel rooms,” PCB spokesperson and GM (Media affairs) Nadeem Sarwar told PTI during an exclusive interaction.

Sarwar, along with Ehsan Sadiq (Director, Security & Vigilance, PCB), Usman Walha (Manager, International Cricket Operations) have come to recce the five venues Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Ahmedabad for the 12-day trip.

Sarwar said that one shouldn’t read too much into the security protocol.

“Not entertaining guests in hotel rooms rule was also followed during World T20 in Sri Lanka. About dinner parties, if there is a function by Government of India or Pakistan High Commission, it’s our duty to attend but players won’t be allowed to attend any random dinner parties.

Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers tons put South Africa on the brink of clinching series in Perth #AusvsSA

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 04:01 AM PST


Hashim Amla scored 196 and AB de Villiers 169 in a batting exhibition that drove South Africa to a commanding lead of 631 runs before they were dismissed for 569 on the third day of the third Test against Australia on Sunday.

Scorecard | Day 3 Highlights 2nd Test

Australia would need to better the record for a successful fourth-innings chase by 213 runs to win the match and clinch the series or bat for two more days to force a draw.

The hosts had eaten into their target to the tune of 40 runs without loss by the close of play with openers David Warner (29) and Ed Cowan (nine) having survived a sometimes nervous last hour.

After the first two tests in Brisbane and Adelaide ended in draws, South Africa only needed a third in Ricky Ponting’s last test to ensure they remained the world’s number one side.

They will now expect to do considerably better than that and become the first team since the West Indies in the 1980s and early 1990s to win consecutive series in Australia.

Amla’s brilliant innings was one for the purists, while de Villiers started slowly before accelerating after he reached his fifty to bludgeon the Australian bowlers with every shot in the book.

Picking up where he left off on Saturday when he helped the tourists plunder 206 runs in the extended third session, Amla got the single he needed to reach his 18th test century from the third delivery of the day.

Peppering his innings with some sublime cover drives for a good few of his 21 boundaries, Amla’s comfort at the crease had echoes of his unbeaten 311 against England at the Oval in July.

Australia’s pace unit, acclaimed after ending South Africa’s first innings for 225, toiled in the sunshine looking for a breakthrough but their best efforts only slowed the flow of runs.

It took a brilliant catch from Mitchell Johnson off his own bowling to dislodge Amla shortly before tea as the 29-year-old was approaching a double century after 350 minutes and 221 balls.

Johnson (4-110) found a little bit of extra pep with the new kookaburra and when the South African drove the ball back at him, he snatched it out of the air for a second superb caught and bowled of the innings.

Dean Elgar was despatched lbw by Johnson four balls later for a pair of ducks on his debut but the day already belonged to South Africa’s batsmen.

De Villiers had moved reasonably cautiously to his 50, with the exception of one huge six off spinner Nathan Lyon that hit the second deck of the stand at long on.

He upped the pace with a string of quickfire boundaries to reach 89, then graduated to his 14th test century in stunning style with three successive reverse sweeps for four, again off Lyon.

Faf du Plessis (27) and Robbie Peterson, who failed to score, came and went before Johnson’s fellow left-armer Mitchell Starc (6-154) finally removed de Villiers caught behind.

The 28-year-old was clearly furious with himself for having fallen short of the double century after his innings of 169 off 184 balls with 21 fours and a trio of sixes.

Ponting had earlier bowled one last test match over at the cost of three runs to huge applause from the 13,000 crowd at the WACA, but the chance of finishing his career with a victory was surely gone.

The 418 scored by West Indies against Australia in 2003 was the highest successful fourth innings run chase in test cricket, while South Africa scored 414 to win the corresponding test at the WACA four years ago.

Bangladesh thrash West Indies by 160 runs in 2nd ODI #BanvsWI

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 03:49 AM PST


Bangladesh beat the West Indies by 160 runs — their biggest limited over win — in the second one-day international in Khulna on Sunday, taking a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

Anamul Haque became the third youngest Bangladeshi to hit a hundred as the home team scored an imposing 292-6 in the second one-day against the West Indies in Khulna on Sunday.

Scorecard | Ban vs WI 2nd ODI Highlights

The 19-year-old right-hander scored 120 in only his second one-day and built the innings with a solid 174-run partnership for the third wicket with captain Mushfiqur Rahim (79) after the hosts were sent into bat on a flat pitch.

Anamul pulled a short ball from Ravi Rampul in the 47th over to become the third youngest Bangladeshi and the eighth youngest in the world to score a century, behind countryman Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan.

Anamul, who emerged as a serious contender for the senior team after scoring two hundreds in the ICC Junior World Cup in August, hit two sixes off Andre Russell in the 49th over before holing out in Rampaul’s next.

In all he faced 145 balls and hit 13 fours and gave the innings the much-needed impetus with a sixth wicket stand of 64 with Mominul Haque (31) as the hosts scored 86 in the last ten overs.

The Anamul-Rahim stand is the new record in all Bangladesh-West Indies one-days, beating the 146 between Ramnaresh Sarwan and Marlon Samuels in Dhaka ten years ago.

It also becomes the highest total by Bangladesh in all one-days against the West Indies, improving on 276-7 they scored in Dominica three years ago.

Bangladesh had lost Tamim Iqbal (five) and Naeem Islam (six) by the seventh over but Anamul and Rahim repaired the innings.

Paceman Ravi Rampaul was the best among the tourists, finishing with a career-best 5-49.

Bangladesh leads the five-match series 1-0 after winning the first match on Friday by seven wickets.

Bangladesh vs West Indies 2nd ODI Post Match Presentation Khulna 2012 #BanvsWI

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 03:08 AM PST


Anamul: ‘I am really happy. I got a century and we won as well. This is my home ground and it is nice to do well here. We will look to do well at Dhaka and win the series.’

Anamul Haque is the MoM for his 120

Rahim: ‘The boys really played well, especially Anamul. Everyone is taking responsibility in the team. The newcomers have taken the opportunity and have performed well. Mashrafe is OK and should be available for the next match. Our batsmen did well and the bowlers took over to finish the task. We will hope to do well in Dhaka as well. Thanks a lot for the crowd for all the support.’

Sammy: ‘Bangladesh played some good cricket They completely outplayed us, hopefully the change of venues will help us. We need to dig in and perform better in the last three matches. We have the guys to overturn this deficit, we need to be more consistent and apply ourselves.’

Australia vs South Africa Day 3 Highlights – 3rd Test – Perth – 02 Dec 2012 #AusvsSA

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 02:00 AM PST


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Bangladesh vs West Indies 2nd ODI Highlights – Khulna – 02 Dec 2012 #BanvsWI

Posted: 02 Dec 2012 01:30 AM PST


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Bangladesh vs West Indies 2nd ODI Scorecard Khulna 2012 #BanvsWI

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 11:42 PM PST


West Indies in Bangladesh ODI Series 2012

Bangladesh vs West Indies – 2nd ODI

Played at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna, 02 Dec 2012

Toss -West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

Result – Bangladesh beat West Indies by 160 runs

Bangladesh Inn

Bangladesh Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Tamim Iqbal c K Pollard b Andre Russell 5 10 1 0 50.00
Anamul Haque c S Narine b R Rampaul 120 145 13 2 82.76
Naeem Islam c S Narine b R Rampaul 6 11 1 0 54.55
Mushfiqur Rahim (c & wk) c L Simmons b R Rampaul 79 87 8 1 90.80
Nasir Hossain c C Gayle b R Rampaul 4 10 0 0 40.00
Mominul Haque c K Pollard b R Rampaul 31 29 2 1 106.90
Mahmudullah Not Out 3 3 0 0 100.00
Mashrafe Mortaza Not Out 18 6 1 2 300.00
Sohag Gazi            
Abul Hasan            
Abdur Razzak            
Extras (b 0,lb 6,w 19, nb 1) 26
Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 292 (5.84 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (Bangladesh):

1-9 (Tamim Iqbal, 3.1 ov), 2-21 (Naeem Islam, 6.5 ov), 3-195 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 36.4 ov), 4-201 (Nasir Hossain, 38.5 ov), 5-265 (Mominul Haque, 48.2 ov), 6-265 (Anamul Haque, 48.3 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
Ravi Rampaul 10 1 49 5 4.90 (nb 1 w 4)
Andre Russell 9 0 58 1 6.40  
Darren Sammy 5 0 35 0 7.00  
Sunil Narine 10 1 48 0 4.80 (w 10)
Dwayne Smith 9 0 46 0 5.10 (w 1)
Marlon Samuels 7 0 50 0 7.10 (w 4)

Powerplay: 1-10, 36-40 (batting)


West Indies Inn

West Indies Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Lendl Simmons c T Iqbal b Sohag Gazi 9 14 0 1 64.29
Chris Gayle c M Rahim b M Mortaza 15 22 2 1 68.18
Darren Bravo c M Rahim b A Razzak 28 41 3 0 68.29
Marlon Samuels c M Rahim b Sohag Gazi 16 21 1 0 76.19
Dwayne Smith lbw b A Razzak 0 3 0 0 0.00
Kieran Pollard b N Islam 25 35 1 0 71.43
Devon Thomas (wk) b A Razzak 0 2 0 0 0.00
Darren Sammy (c) c (sub)J Islam b Mahmudullah 12 19 0 1 63.16
Andre Russell run out (Mominul Haque/M Rahim) 9 15 1 0 60.00
Sunil Narine c T Iqbal b Sohag Gazi 10 14 1 0 71.43
Ravi Rampaul Not Out 0 0 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 0,lb 2,w 6, nb 0) 8
Total (all out; 31.1 overs) 132 (4.23 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (West Indies):

1-48 (Simmons, 10.3 ov), 2-48 (Gayle, 11.2 ov), 3-50 (Samuels, 13.5 ov), 4-100 (Pollard, 22.6 ov), 5-102 (Bravo, 23.4 ov), 6-128 (Sammy, 29.1 ov), 7-130 (Russell, 30.4 ov), 8-133 (Thomas, 32.2 ov), 9-190 (Rampaul, 42.6 ov), 10-199 (Narine, 46.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Sohag Gazi 7.1 2 21 3 2.90 (w 1)
Mashrafe Mortaza 6 0 26 1 4.33 (w 1)
Abdur Razzak 5 0 19 3 3.80 (w 1)
Abul Hasan 1 0 9 0 9.00 (w 1)
Naeem Islam 7 0 28 1 4.00 (w 1)
Mahmudullah 5 0 27 1 5.40 (w 1)

Powerplay: 1-10



Teams:
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Naeem Islam, Nasir Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim (c & wk), Mahmudullah, Mominul Haque, Mashrafe Mortaza, Sohag Gazi, Abul Hasan, Abdur Razzak

West Indies (Playing XI): Chris Gayle, Lendl Simmons, Marlon Samuels, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Smith, Darren Sammy (c), Devon Thomas (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Ravi Rampaul

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