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Monday, February 11, 2013

Cricket News and Cricket Highlights - Crichotline

Cricket News and Cricket Highlights - Crichotline


England vs New Zealand 2nd T20 Live Streams Online 2013 #EngvsNZ

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 10:31 AM PST

England vs New Zealand 2nd T20 Cricket Live Streams online. New Zealand vs England 2nd T20 match live cricket online. Watch England tour of New Zealand 2013 cricket live streams online.

Exciting start to the series with a high scoring first T20 and England taking a 1-0 lead. England team looks to be in form with each player contributing in the win in the last match. All the batsman scored runs and bowlers too equally backed them to defend a good total. Stuart Broad was the pick of the bowlers claiming the career best figures. New Zealand fielding and bowling was the major point of concern for the team. They dropped five catches and bowlers gave away too much runs. In reply New Zealand batsman failed to score runs. Martin Guptill was the only batsman who put up some runs on the board. England will now be looking to win the 2nd T20 to seal the series while New Zealand have a big task to level the series. An exciting match is coming up your be ready to enjoy the action live online.

England vs New Zealand series will be available to watch free online on Sky Sports HD. We will be posting the links to watch the matches online so just bookmark the page to stay updated with live streams links for the series.

England vs New Zealand Live Streams links:

1. TheCricTV.com –>> http://thecrictv.com

2. TheCricket-TV.info –>> http://thecricket-tv.info

Preview : England vs New Zealand, 2nd T20, Hamilton 2013 #EngvsNZ

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 08:08 AM PST

Preview England vs New Zealand, 2nd T20, Hamilton 2013Almost all of England’s key players caused New Zealand worries in the opening Twenty20 international on Saturday and will chase a repeat performance for the second match in Hamilton on Tuesday. England’s top six put runs on the board – in particular, Luke Wright and Jos Buttler flexed their muscles – and the pace duo of Steven Finn and captain Stuart Broad harassed the locals with their variations of pace at a venue notorious for its short boundaries.

This prompted Broad to term the win at Eden Park as England’s best performance under his leadership, and what this does is raise the bar for the visitors for the next two matches. Broad himself made an excellent return to international cricket after a lengthy injury absence with a career-best for 24 to go past Graeme Swann as England’s leading wicket-taker in T20Is, and leading from the front again would be a great motivator for a young team.

England will closely monitor the fitness of batsman Eoin Morgan who is in doubt for the match because of a jarred back. Morgan was unable to train with the team at Seddon Park on Monday after having left the field in the latter stages of England’s 40-run win in Auckland the day before. He top-scored in England’s record total of 214 with a 46-ball 46 and his absence would be a blow for the tourists. Joe Root would be the man drafted in should Morgan not be match-ready. Fast bowler Jade Dernbach is believed to be available for selection despite having stitches in his left forearm after being “spiked” in fielding drills.

With just two days between matches there is not much time for New Zealand to reflect on the 40-run defeat but as skipper Brendon McCullum admitted after the match, there is a lot to improve on in all departments. New Zealand dropped five catches in the field, conceded far too many runs and no batsman barring opener Martin Guptill really looked like threatening England.

Andrew Ellis went for 13.33 in his three overs despite taking two wickets and could be replaced by Otago allrounder Jimmy Neesham in the XI. Nathan McCullum conceded 49 runs in his four overs and is another player under the scanner. New Zealand will hope that Grant Elliott and Ian Butler have recovered in time.

Defeat would it make it four consecutive T20I losses to England at home, dating back to 2008.

Probable XIs
New Zealand: 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Hamish Rutherford, 3 Brendon McCullum (capt/wk), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Colin Munro, 6 James Franklin, 7 Jimmy Neesham, 8 Nathan McCullum, 9 Ronnie Hira, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Mitchell McClenaghan

England: 1 Michael Lumb, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Luke Wright, 4 Jonny Bairstow, 5 Joe Root, 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 Samit Patel, 8 Stuart Broad (capt), 9 James Tredwell, 10 Steven Finn, 11 Jade Dernbach

Pakistan vs South Africa : Mohammad Irfan grabs four wickets in tour match #PakvsSA

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 11:14 PM PST

Mohammad Irfan grabs four wickets in tour matchLeft-arm fast bowler Mohammad Irfan took four wickets in the first innings of a two-day tour match on Sunday as Pakistan prepared for the second Test against South Africa, starting at Newlands on Thursday.

Irfan had figures of four for 20 from 12 overs as the Emerging Cape Cobras, comprising second-string players from the Western Cape franchise, were bowled out for 156 at the Western Province Cricket Club.

Pakistan were 127 for four at the close, with captain Misbah-ul-Haq unbeaten on 44.

The tall Irfan, bowling as first change, ended a second-wicket stand of 62 between Matthew Kleinveldt (36) and Keegan Petersen (32) when he had Petersen caught at midwicket.

He followed up by bowling Kleinveldt in an opening spell of two for 19 in seven overs. He conceded only one run and dismissed two lower order batsmen in a five-over second spell.

Opening bowler Johannes Bothma claimed two wickets as the tourists slumped to 29 for three, having veteran Younis Khan caught at second slip for two and bowling Azhar Ali for 11.

Faisal Iqbal (33) and Misbah put on 58 for the third wicket before Misbah and Asad Shafiq (21 not out) batted through to the close.

Australia will counter Indian spinners, feels Ed Cowan #IndvsAus

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 09:00 PM PST

Australia will counter Indian spinners, feels Ed CowanAustralian Test opener Ed Cowan, on Sunday, sounded a warning to India saying that his side have enough batting firepower to blunt their spinners in the upcoming four-match Test series starting on February 22.

India have three frontline spinners, including Ravichandran Aswhin, Pragyan Ojha and comeback-man Harbhajan Singh, in the squad to counter the Australian batsmen.

“By the time the first Test rolls, we’ll be prepared. We’ve seen Ashwin in Australia and we watched a lot of the India-England series so we’re pretty comfortable with our plans to counter their skills.

“They’re very skillful bowlers in these conditions and they will be a major part of India trying to win the series but we’re confident that we can blunt them and attack them,” Cowan said.

The 30-year-old left-handed batsman said the lesson they have learnt by watching India-England games is that the key to overpower Indian spinners was to attack them.

“What’s really important is to put pressure on them. We saw in the England series that when they settled in they were able to dictate terms but the guys who did well against them Rlooked to attack them and we’ll look to do the same,” he said.

Cowan, who has played 13 Tests, said he himself fine-tuned his game to tackle spin challenge.

“We’ve had a little bit of a break from first class cricket back home so we’ve had 5-6 weeks off which have been a spin-intensive batting camp that Ive held with my coaches looking for ways to improve my game against spin. I’ve tinkered with a few things and found some really good improvements that I look forward to putting into place.”

Pakistan Cricket Board says no to Hot Spot, Steve Davis for ongoing South Africa series #PakvsSA

Posted: 10 Feb 2013 08:09 PM PST

Pakistan Cricket Board says no to Hot Spot, Steve Davis for ongoing South Africa seriesPakistan has objected to the use of Hot Spot ball tracking technology and also to the appointment of umpire Steve Davis in the ongoing Test series in South Africa.

According to a report in the daily ‘Express’ newspaper today, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has written a letter to the International Cricket Council (ICC) outlining their objection to the use of the Hot Spot technology in the first Test against South Africa.

“The PCB wrote the letter to the ICC after the team management in South Africa requested the board to talk to the ICC over the use of the Hot Spot technology and the posting of Steve Davis in the series,” the report said.

Davis was the third umpire in the first Test in Johannesburg and many of the referral decisions went against Pakistan. Most of the referrals were adjudged with the help of the Hot Spot technology which appeared to be inconclusive at times.

“The team management have clearly stated they don’t want the ICC to post Steve Davis again in the series and that the Hot Spot technology should also be dropped for the remaining matches of the series,” the report added.

It said that the PCB had also asked the ICC to ensure that the Hot Spot technology was no longer used in the series but so far the ICC had not responded to their letter.

“The PCB is also unhappy with the way decisions went against their team in the first test and have told the ICC they feel the Hot Spot technology is not reliable,” the report stated.

The PCB in its letter has, however, made it clear they still support the use of the Decision Review System (DRS) but not Hot Spot in the series.

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