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Friday, February 15, 2013

Cricket News and Cricket Highlights - Crichotline

Cricket News and Cricket Highlights - Crichotline


Saeed Ajmal 5-for put Pakistan on top against South Africa on Day 2 #PakvsSA

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 09:31 AM PST

Saeed Ajmal 5-for put Pakistan on top against South Africa on Day 2Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal took all five wickets as Pakistan finished on top on the second day of the second Test against South Africa at Newlands on Friday.

South Africa were struggling at 139 for five at the close, still 199 runs behind Pakistan’s first innings of 338. Ajmal took five for 41.

Three of Ajmal’s wickets came after the use of the decision review system, including a controversial dismissal of star South African batsman Jacques Kallis.

South African captain Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla were both out leg before wicket after being given not out by umpire Steve Davis.

Kallis was given out caught at short leg and immediately called for a review, which showed that the ball had not touched his bat before looping off his pad to the fielder.

But he was then given out leg before on the advice of television umpire Billy Bowden, although replays showed the ball was only brushing the outside of his leg stump, in the area known as “umpire’s call”.

Kallis was clearly shocked and stood at the wicket seeking clarity before reluctantly returning to the pavilion.

It was not clear what the conversation between Davis and Bowden had been and on what basis Kallis was given out on what was a marginal call.

Controversy apart, it was a superb display of bowling by Ajmal, who bowled 25 overs unchanged into a stiff south-easterly wind, varying his flight and mixing off-spin with cleverly disguised top spinners and “doosras” which turned away from the right-handed batsmen.

It was a productive day for Ajmal, who helped fellow tailender Tanvir Ahmed put on 64 for the ninth wicket to take Pakistan comfortably past the 300 mark. Their eventual total seemed unlikely when Vernon Philander took three wickets in his first three overs to reduce the tourists to 268 for eight.

Ajmal came on to bowl after 11 overs had been bowled in South Africa’s innings and struck with his ninth delivery, Smith missed a sweep and Pakistan successfully sought a review.

Two overs later Ajmal had Alviro Petersen smartly caught at short leg by Azhar Ali, who dived to his right to hold a sharp chance.

At tea, Ajmal had taken two for 20.

Amla went back on his stumps and was also given out on review before Kallis was dismissed.

He was followed by Faf du Plessis, caught at slip off a “doosra” for South Africa’s highest score of 28.

AB de Villiers and Dean Elgar survived until the close.

Pakistan batted until lunch after resuming at 253 for five, although Philander’s early strikes raised the home side’s hopes of wrapping up the innings quickly.

Philander, who took five for 59, struck with his first ball of the day when Asad Shafiq was caught at first slip without adding to his overnight score of 111.

Shafiq batted for 308 minutes and faced 230 balls.

Sarfraz Ahmed, the other overnight batsman, fell for 13 in Philander’s next over when Petersen dived full length to his right to hold a good catch at third slip.

Umar Gul was leg before wicket without scoring as Philander completed his ninth five-wicket haul in Test matches.

But Tanvir and Ajmal went for their strokes, with Tanvir in particular hitting out aggressively as he made 44 off 59 balls with four fours, while Ajmal made 21 not out.

South Africa suffered a blow when fast bowler Morne Morkel left the field after bowling three balls of his 21st over with what was described as a tight left hamstring.

Tanvir fell shortly before lunch when he hit left-arm spinner Robin Peterson to Philander at deep mid-off, with last man Mohammad Irfan following in the next over when he was bowled by Peterson, going for a big hit.

Pakistan vs South Africa Day 2 Highlights – 2nd Test – 15 Feb 2013 #PakvsSA

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 07:30 AM PST

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England vs New Zealand 3rd T20 Highlights – 15 Feb 2013 #EngvNZ

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 03:50 AM PST

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Australian rookie spinner Ashton Agar might debut against India #IndvsAus

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 02:15 AM PST

Australian rookie spinner Ashton Agar might debut against IndiaHe is all of 19 and has an accumulated experience of just two first-class matches but teen spinner Ashton Agar could get a Test debut for Australia in the upcoming four-match series against India starting February 22 in Chennai.

Agar, who has played just two Sheffield Shield matches for Western Australia, has been told to stay in Chennai for the second warm-up game against India A starting on Saturday.

He was originally scheduled to be back in Australia on Thursday after the practice match against Board President’s XI. Chairman of selectors John Inverarity said Agar could be in for a longer stay in India.

“The plan at the moment is that he returns in time to play for Western Australia but there is a possibility that he could stay a bit longer,” Inverarity told ‘The Western Australian’.

The left-armer could be drafted into the Australian Test squad as the second spinner after offie Nathan Lyon even though the more experienced duo of Xavier Doherty and Glenn Maxwell are in the running for that spot.

Agar bowled well in the drawn first practice match — a two-day contest in Chennai — claiming 1-27 from eight overs.

“We needed someone to make up the XI and it was a very good opportunity to invest an opportunity in a promising young player,” Inverarity said.

England thrash New Zealand by 10 wickets in 3rd T20, clinch series 2-1 #EngvsNZ

Posted: 15 Feb 2013 01:49 AM PST

England thrash New Zealand by 10 wickets in 3rd T20, clinch series 2-1England’s opening batsmen Alex Hales and Michael Lumb made a mockery of the New Zealand bowling attack to guide the visitors to a 10-wicket win in their third Twenty20 international and a 2-1 series victory on Friday.

After England’s bowlers restricted New Zealand to 139 for eight, Hales blasted 80 off 42 balls while Lumb scored 53, including a six to win the match and bring up his half century, as the pair pushed England to victory in just 12.4 overs.

Much of England’s damage was done in the fifth over when Ian Butler lost his composure and sprayed the ball all over the wicket, yielding five wides, four leg byes and three further boundaries by Hales.

Hales then took to Mitchell McClenaghan in the 11th over, blasting four successive deliveries for six, four and two more sixes, to race to the victory target on the drop-in pitch at Wellington Regional Stadium.

Martin Guptill had anchored New Zealand’s innings, scoring 59 runs off 55 balls, but was forced to work the ball around rather than attack as wickets kept falling at the other end.

Guptill tried to force the pace at the end of New Zealand’s innings but was dismissed in the penultimate over to end any chance of the hosts posting a score in excess of 150.

England’s frontline pace bowlers were much more aggressive than in the second match in Hamilton and bowled short of a length, hurrying the New Zealand batsmen into mistimed pull and hook shots with the ball skying into the outfield.

Captain Stuart Broad finished with three for 15 from four overs, while Jade Dernbach also took three for 36, while Steve Finn was bristling aggression as he conceded just 18 runs from four overs.

England won the series after taking the first match in Auckland by 40 runs, while New Zealand won the second in Hamilton by 55 runs.

The first game of the three-match one day series will be in Hamilton on Sunday.

England vs New Zealand 3rd T20 Scorecard Wellington 2013 #EngvNZ

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:33 PM PST

England in New Zealand T20I Series 2013

New Zealand vs England – 3rd T20I

Played at Westpac Stadium, Wellington, 15 Feb 2013

Toss -England won the toss and elected to Field.

Result – England beat New Zealand by 10 wickets

New Zealand Inn

New Zealand Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Hamish Rutherford c J Dernbach b S Broad 11 10 2 0 110.00
Martin Guptill c & b S Broad 59 55 2 1 107.27
Brendon McCullum (c & wk) c J Bairstow b J Tredwell 26 20 3 0 130.00
Ross Taylor c J Bairstow b J Root 6 4 0 1 150.00
Grant Elliott c S Finn b J Dernbach 15 12 0 1 125.00
Colin Munro c J Root b S Broad 1 3 0 0 33.33
James Franklin c J Tredwell b J Dernbach 15 14 3 0 107.14
Nathan McCullum c J Buttler b J Dernbach 0 1 0 0 0.00
Ian Butler Not Out 1 1 0 0 100.00
Trent Boult            
Mitchell McClenaghan            
Extras (b 4,lb 1,w 0, nb 0) 5
Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) 139 (6.95 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (New Zealand):

1-17 (Rutherford, 3.3 ov), 2-62 (BB McCullum, 9.3 ov), 3-70 (Taylor, 10.5 ov), 4-95 (Elliott, 14.2 ov), 5-99 (Munro, 15.2 ov), 6-128 (Guptill, 18.5 ov), 7-130 (NL McCullum, 19.2 ov), 8-139 (Franklin, 19.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Steven Finn 4 0 18 0 4.50  
Stuart Broad 4 0 15 3 3.75  
Jade Dernbach 4 0 36 3 9.00  
Luke Wright 2 0 19 0 9.50  
James Tredwell 4 0 31 0 7.75  
Joe Root 2 0 15 1 7.50  


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England Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Michael Lumb Not Out 53 34 1 5 155.88
Alex Hales Not Out 80 42 9 4 190.48
Luke Wright            
Jonathan Bairstow            
Eoin Morgan            
Jos Buttler (wk)            
Joe Root            
Stuart Broad (c)            
James Tredwell            
Steven Finn            
Jade Dernbach            
Extras (b 0,lb 5,w 5, nb 0) 10
Total (0 wickets; 12.4 overs) 143 (11.29 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (England):

1-9 (Hales, 1.3 ov), 2-9 (Wright, 1.4 ov), 3-24 (Bairstow, 4.3 ov), 4-43 (Lumb, 9.1 ov), 5-47 (Morgan, 10.1 ov), 6-62 (Patel, 12.4 ov), 7-80 (Broad, 14.4 ov), 8-115 (Buttler, 17.1 ov), 9-137 (Tredwell, 19.2 ov), 10-137 (Dernbach, 19.3 ov)

 
   
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

 
 

Bowling O M R W Econ
Trent Boult 2 0 20 0 10.00  
Mitchell McClenaghan 3 1 38 0 12.66  
Ian Butler 2.4 0 41 0 15.37 (w 5)
Nathan McCullum 4 0 32 0 8.00  
James Franklin 1 0 7 0 7.00  



Teams
New Zealand 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Hamish Rutherford, 3 Brendon McCullum (capt & wk), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Colin Munro, 6 Grant Elliott, 7 James Franklin, 8 Nathan McCullum, 9 Ian Butler, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Mitchell McClenaghan

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

3rd T20 : England wins toss, opts to field vs New Zealand – 15 Feb 2013 #EngvsNZ

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 09:38 PM PST

Toss: England have won the toss and elected to field

Broad: New Zealand batted very well in the last match but we are confident about our team. We will have a bowl today. Just one change for us, Joe Root is in for Samit Patel.

Brendon McCullum says he, too, would have bowled first. “Hopefully we can continue in the trend we did the other night.” He confirms an unchanged for New Zealand and says the boundaries are shorter than normal at the ground.

Teams
New Zealand 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Hamish Rutherford, 3 Brendon McCullum (capt & wk), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Colin Munro, 6 Grant Elliott, 7 James Franklin, 8 Nathan McCullum, 9 Ian Butler, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Mitchell McClenaghan

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

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