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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Cricket News and Cricket Highlights - Crichotline

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India vs Australia Day 3 Highlights – 4th Test – Delhi 2013 #IndvsAus

Posted: 24 Mar 2013 11:15 AM PDT

India vs Australia Day 3 Highlights 4th Test 2013. Highlights Australia vs India 4th Test Delhi 2013. Watch Ind vs Aus Day 3 Highlights 4th Test Cricket played in Delhi on 24 March, 2013. India vs Australia 4th Test Test Cricket Highlights. Test Cricket Australia tour of India 2013.

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Do not speculate on Sachin’s career, says MS Dhoni #IndvsAus #IndvAus

Posted: 24 Mar 2013 11:00 AM PDT

Do not speculate on Sachin's career, says MS DhoniBatting great Sachin Tendulkar left the cricketing world guessing by not announcing his much-speculated retirement after India whitewashed Australia 4-0 to lift the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Sunday.

Even skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni asked the media not to speculate on Tendulkar, who retired from one-day internationals in December.

“Do not speculate on Sachin’s career. In 2005, you (media) also said the same thing but that never happened,” said Dhoni in the post-match press conference.

The cricketing world was abuzz with rumours that the fourth Test would be last time Tendulkar will bat in a Test match on Indian soil or ever. Over the weekend, the Kotla witnessed a healthy turnout.

Whenever he came out to bat or went back to the pavilion, the crowd gave Tendulkar a standing ovation.

Given that India will not play another Test match in India for more than a year, speculation is rife about when Tendulkar will call it a day as by the time he plays his Test on home soil, the legend will already be 41.

Of late, he has also struggled with his form, being among the least run scorers amongst the Indian batsmen with his last Test century coming in January 2011 against South Africa.

Indian youngsters ready to take on the world, says Sunil Gavaskar #IndvsAus

Posted: 24 Mar 2013 10:30 AM PDT

Indian youngsters ready to take on the world, says Sunil GavaskarHighly impressed by India’s young players, legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar says they needed to be developed into top players as they look ready to face the stern challenges that tough Test cricket throws.

Gavaskar said the best way to build on the series-win would be help youngsters grow into mature and top players.

“There is so much of hope for the future. The guys who won the games for India were youngsters. All in their 20s with almost 8-10 years to go. I think they are ready to take on the tough world of Test cricket. If they have the same kind of impact as they had in India, though remains to be seen, certainly what has happened is development of a lot of players,” Gavaskar said.

“It is important that useful or good players quickly develop into top players and I think that is a big plus for India after this series,” he added.

The former skipper was pleased with the way India outplayed Australia in all departments of the game.

“4-0 win has not happened often in the history of Test cricket and but this was a total domination of the team in all departments of the game,” Gavaskar said.

“Generally what happens is when you beat an opposition, there are some outstanding performances but the rest of the team (members) have not put their hands up. So I think, it was very very important to understand that this Indian team’s performance was a team effort.

“(Ravichandran) Ashwin and (Ravindra) Jadeja took 20 plus wickets, two guys (Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara) scored over 400 runs, Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored double ton. So it wasn’t just one person or dependence on one or two, it was the core that came to the party and did really well,” Gavaskar added.

He also said that since Australia had just one specialist spinner, it helped India.

“Teams at home are always harder to beat but England had the bowlers to exploited the Indian conditions. If there had been another quality spinner along with Nathan Lyon, maybe India would have not had it easy (against Australia as well). Though am not saying India would have lost, it won’t have been as easy as they have had,” said the former skipper.

Gavaskar advised the team management to prepare for tough overseas assignments ahead sooner than later.

“India now has to prepare because they know they would have to tour South Africa… the number one team. They got to prepare from right now for the tour in December. If it means making a few sacrifices…going there earlier or sending an ‘A’ team earlier.

“If you prepare from now, India has a very good chance of doing well over there as well. They have the quality and that quality needs a little opportunity to bloom,” he concluded.

South Africa beat Pakistan in final ODI to win series 3-2 #PakvsSA #SAvPak

Posted: 24 Mar 2013 10:14 AM PDT

South Africa beat Pakistan in final ODI to win series 3-2South African captain AB de Villiers hit an unbeaten 95 to guide his side to a series-clinching six-wicket win in the fifth and final one-day international against Pakistan at Willowmoore Park on Sunday.

De Villiers, who was dropped on one, overcame some hostile bowling on an unpredictable pitch as South Africa chased down Pakistan’s 204 all out with six overs to spare.

On a day when most batsmen struggled to time the ball consistently, De Villiers made his runs off just 111 balls. He hit nine fours and a six.

A fourth wicket partnership of 87 off 88 balls with Farhaan Behardien (35) made South Africa’s victory virtually certain after Pakistan’s new ball bowlers, Mohammad Irfan and Junaid Khan, caused early problems on a pitch where some deliveries bounced alarmingly, while others kept low.

Pakistan seemed headed for a more competitive total when they reached 151 for four in the 35th over after winning the toss.

Ryan McLaren took three wickets in 13 balls to swing the match in South Africa’s favour.

McLaren had Shoaib Malik caught at midwicket and three balls later, with the last delivery before the batting power play, he had big-hitting Shahid Afridi caught at deep square leg without scoring.

Pakistan’s hopes then rested with their captain, Misbah-ul-Haq, who had played a match-winning innings of 80 when Pakistan squared the series at 2-2 with a three-wicket win in Durban on Thursday.

As he had in Durban, Misbah started cautiously and he had scored only 24 runs off 46 balls when he was caught behind to become McLaren?s third victim.

McLaren finished with three for 32, with all his wickets coming in a three-over third spell which cost only five runs.

For the first time this season, South Africa fielded their two leading strike bowlers, Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel, in their one-day international team.

The pair had been rotated during a series against New Zealand and Morkel missed the first four matches against Pakistan because of a hamstring injury.

Although Steyn and Morkel only took one and two wickets respectively, they contributed to a much-improved South African bowling performance.

Despite an innings of 48 off 51 balls by Kamran Akmal, and a third wicket stand of 66 between Akmal and Younis Khan (29) the Pakistanis were unable to dominate the bowling at any stage during their innings after Misbah won the toss and decided to bat.

South Africa were without opening batsman and Test captain Graeme Smith because of what was described as a chronic left ankle injury which kept him off the field for most of Pakistan’s run chase in Durban. He was replaced by 20-year-old left-hander Quinton de Kock.

De Kock looked out of his depth and was bowled by Junaid Khan for three, while Hashim Amla was unusually subdued in scoring 22 off 65 balls. With Colin Ingram bowled by off-spinner Mohammad Hafeez for 15, South Africa needed a partnership.

De Villiers edged Junaid low to Younis Khan at slip when he had one and the chance went down. The South African captain was soon into his stride as he took his aggregate for the series to 367 runs at an average of 91.75. He was named man of the match and man of the series.

Pakistan vs South Africa Scorecard – 5th ODI 2013 #PakvsSA #SAvPak

Posted: 24 Mar 2013 09:14 AM PDT

Pakistan in South Africa ODI Series 2013

South Africa vs Pakistan – 5th ODI

Played at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, 24 Mar 2013

Toss -Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Result – South Africa beat Pakistan by 6 wickets

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Pakistan Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Imran Farhat c de Villiers b L Tsotsobe 13 30 1 0 43.33
Mohammad Hafeez c C Ingram b D Steyn 5 9 1 0 55.56
Kamran Akmal (wk) c R McLaren b R Peterson 48 51 6 1 94.12
Younis Khan c H Amla b F Behardien 29 58 2 0 50.00
Misbah-ul-Haq (c) c de Villiers b R McLaren 24 46 2 0 52.17
Shoaib Malik c F Behardien b R McLaren 28 31 1 1 90.32
Shahid Afridi c C Ingram b R McLaren 0 3 0 0 0.00
Wahab Riaz run out (R McLaren/R Peterson) 12 28 0 0 42.86
Saeed Ajmal b M Morkel 1 5 0 0 20.00
Junaid Khan b M Morkel 25 29 2 1 86.20
Mohammad Irfan Not Out 4 6 1 0 66.66
Extras (b 0,lb 4,w 11, nb 1) 16
Total (All Out; 49.1 overs) 205 (4.16 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (Pakistan):

1-11 (Mohammad Hafeez, 2.5 ov), 2-31 (Imran Farhat, 9.1 ov), 3-97 (Kamran Akmal, 23.4 ov), 4-104 (Younis Khan, 25.4 ov), 5-151 (Shoaib Malik, 34.3 ov), 6-151 (Shahid Afridi, 34.6 ov), 7-161 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 38.3 ov), 8-162 (Saeed Ajmal, 39.3 ov), 9-189 (Wahab Riaz, 46.1 ov), 10-205 (Junaid Khan, 49.1 ov)

 
   
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

  
   

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

 

 Bowling O M R W Econ
Dale Steyn 10 0 33 1 3.30 (w 4)
Lonwabo Tsotsobe 10 2 42 1 4.20 (w 1)
Morne Morkel 9.1 0 33 2 3.60 (nb 1 w 5)
Ryan McLaren 10 0 32 3 3.20 (w 1)
Robin Peterson 7 1 51 1 7.28  
Farhaan Behardien 3 0 10 1 3.33  


South Africa Inn

South Africa Innings R B 4s 6s SR
Hashim Amla c S Malik b M Irfan 22 65 2 0 33.85
Quinton de Kock b J Khan 3 12 0 0 25.00
Colin Ingram b M Hafeez 15 20 2 0 75.00
AB de Villiers (c & wk) Not Out 95 111 9 1 85.59
Farhaan Behardien c S Ajmal b M Irfan 35 36 3 0 97.22
David Miller Not Out 20 20 1 1 100.00
Ryan McLaren            
Robin Peterson            
Morne Morkel            
Dale Steyn            
Lonwabo Tsotsobe            
Extras (b 6,lb 5,w 7, nb 0) 18
Total (4 wickets; 44 overs) 208 (4.72 runs per over)

Fall of wickets (South Africa):

1-12 (de Kock, 5.2 ov), 2-34 (Ingram, 10.5 ov), 3-83 (Amla, 22.4 ov), 4-170 (Behardien, 36.6 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
Mohammad Irfan 10 1 38 2 3.80 (w 1)
Junaid Khan 7 1 30 1 4.28 (w 1)
Mohammad Hafeez 4 0 23 1 5.75  
Wahab Riaz 7 0 44 0 6.28 (w 2)
Saeed Ajmal 10 1 34 0 3.40 (w 3)
Shahid Afridi 6 0 28 0 4.66  



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South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock, Hashim Amla, Colin Ingram, AB de Villiers(w/c), Farhaan Behardien, David Miller, Robin Peterson, Ryan McLaren, Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe

Pakistan (Playing XI): Imran Farhat, Mohammad Hafeez, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq(c), Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal(w), Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan

Pakistan vs South Africa 5th ODI Post Match Presentation – 24 March 2013 #PakvsSA

Posted: 24 Mar 2013 08:52 AM PDT

AB de Villiers: ‘I thank the Benoni crowd for their support. A really pleasing series win. Everyone contributed, a total team effort. Dale Steyn bowled really well, equally supported well by the rest of the bowlers. Ryan McLaren played well throughout the series, he has a lot of experience and he delivered the goods. Pakistan are a wonderful side, I hope I see them up the ladder in the world rankings soon. Wonderful talent all over the side, I am happy for them, they just have to come up good as a unit. Really happy with my show in the series as well, hopefully this will continue.’

AB de Villiers is the Man of the Match and the Man of the Series

Misbah-ul-Haq: Yea it is disappointing that we lost the series. It was a 250 pitch, we were on track but lost crucial partnerships. Shot selection was poor and South Africa were a better side today. If our batsmen spent more time at the centre thinsg might have been different. We dropped AB early on, it happens it cricket and in the end he was outstanding. We have a lot of positives, Mohammad Irfan was brilliant, really impressed by him. We did well in the ODI and T20 series, test matches didn’t go our way. the team has learnt a lot and hopefully we can improve from the imputs that we have got. On the whole it has been a good series over here, I thank the South African cricket board for their hospitality.

Pakistan vs South Africa 5th ODI Highlights – 24 March 2013 #PakvsSA

Posted: 24 Mar 2013 07:30 AM PDT

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India beat Australia by 6-wickets in Delhi test, completes 4-0 series whitewash #IndvsAus #IndvAus

Posted: 24 Mar 2013 04:46 AM PDT

India beat Australia by 6-wickets in Delhi test, completes 4-0 series whitewashIndia completed a historic 4-0 clean sweep against Australia by recording an emphatic six-wicket victory in the fourth and final Test on Sunday.

On a Feroz Shah Kotla track which is not conducive for good batting, India chased down a tricky target of 155, largely due to Cheteshwar Pujara’s dazzling strokeplay as the home team recorded their biggest ever series win in the 81-year history inside three days.

Pujara, who was battling pain as he was playing with a swollen hand, enthralled one and all with his perfect technique on a rank turner, scoring a brilliant unbeaten 82 off 92 balls with 11 boundaries.

For Australia, it was the first time in 43 years to suffer a 0-4 series whitewash after Bill Lawry’s side did the same in South Africa in 1969-70.

There were a few jitters when India lost Virat Kohli (41), Sachin Tendulkar (1) and Ajinkya Rahane (1) in quick succession but Pujara kept his cool in company of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (8 not out) to successfully complete the run chase.

Pujara hit three boundaries off Glenn Maxwell to level the scores and then Dhoni hit the winning boundary to send the 25,000-odd crowd at the stadium into a frenzy.

The on-field celebrations were muted but the dressing room was delirious with joy as the players engaged in bear hugs.

The target of 155 might have looked quite a task but both Pujara and Kohli made batting look easy on a difficult track, adding 104 runs for the second wicket to pave the way for victory.

Starting the run chase, Murali Vijay (11) was bowled trying to play an unnecessary reverse sweep but Pujara played some unorthodox shots to set the tone.

Pujara showed positive intent as he and Kohli scored at a brisk pace. The Saurashtra lad showed his stroke-making prowess as India reached their 50 in the ninth over.

Pujara played the sweep shot to good effect but his two best shots were played of Mitchell Johnson. First, he deliberately lobbed a Johnson bouncer over wicketkeeper Matthew Wade’s head and then hit a fierce square-cut on the rise. The third boundary of the over was hit through the cover.

As if he was getting into the IPL mode, Pujara scored his second 50 of the match from just 54 balls and India’s 100 was reached in 19 overs at a rate of more than five runs per over.

While Pujara stepped up the ante, Kohli was happy playing the second fiddle.

Inexplicably, Australian captain Shane Watson did not use leggie Steven Smith, who could have effectively used the rough, nor did he call James Pattinson or Peter Siddle to bowl to exploit some of the spots created at the Delhi Gate End.

Earlier, on the pitch prepared by Venkat Sundaram which resembled a minefield, Ravindra Jadeja (5/58) created terror in the minds of the Australian batsmen as he extracted vicious turn and bounce as they were all-out for 164 in their second innings.

Siddle produced another gutsy performance with the willow as he took the Indian attack by the scruff of its neck, scoring a 45-ball 50 with seven boundaries. His innings was a lesson for Australian top-order batsmen about the technique needed to survive on a treacherous track.

Incidentally, Siddle was the best Aussie batsman in both their innings as his effort meant that the visitors put up a score which could be considered decent enough on this kind of track.

Jadeja first removed Glenn Maxwell, who was sent up the order to open the innings. Maxwell (8) did not come fully forward to a delivery from Jadeja that pitched on the middle stump and turned a shade to hit the off-stump.

David Warner (8) was then trapped leg before in Jadeja’s very next over as the batsmen played a length ball on the backfoot. He was caught plumbed in-front as the delivery would have hit the leg-stump.

The tension brewing between Jadeja and Warner came into the forefront once again as the Indian left-arm spinner gave the batsman a rude ‘send-off’ which could earn him a sanction from the match referee.

Phillip Hughes, who had two decent knocks under his belt, got a questionable decision when R Ashwin, coming round the wicket, trapped him on his back-pad. The television replays showed that the ball would have probably missed the off-stump. Hughes managed only six.

The normally dogged Ed Cowan (24, 5×4) employed a positive approach as defending on this track looked impossible. Most of the times, the tactic he used to counter Jadeja was to take a big stride forward to stop the ball from doing unusual tricks. He got a few boundaries in the process.

Stand-in captain Shane Watson hit a lovely on-drive but then played a rash shot off an innocuous delivery from Pragyan Ojha. Watson rocked on the backfoot to pull a short delivery and missed the line to get bowled.

The score was 51 for four at that stage but within two runs, Cowan was gone as Jadeja pitched one on the good length and turned enough to catch the left-hander on the backfoot. Within first 20 overs of the Australian second innings, the top five were back in the hut.

The post-lunch session saw Steven Smith and Johnson being removed by Jadeja off successive deliveries but two crucial stands of 28 and 35 for eighth and ninth wickets respectively — both involving Siddle — helped the visitors cross 150.

In the morning, it took only eight minutes and 13 deliveries to polish off the Indian tail as Nathan Lyon got his career-best figures of 7 for 94 as the home side managed a slender lead of 10 runs.

India vs Australia 4th Test Post Match Presentation Delhi 2013 #IndvsAus

Posted: 24 Mar 2013 04:00 AM PDT

MS Dhoni: ‘It was an important series for us. It was a good thing that there were a few changes to the side. There were some brilliant individual performances. Ashwin, Vijay, Dhawan and Jadeja did very well. We batted 2nd always and we all know how difficult it is to bat 4th in India. I thought yesterday was more difficult to bat on this track than today. I may be wrong. Credit to the support staff. The last 1 or 2 years has not been great for us in Tests. They showed a lot of character. It’s the end of the season for us. We get some time off national duties before the Champions trophy. Ishant was a bit angry that the crowd here wanted Virat to get out because they wanted to see Sachin to come out. The crowd everywhere has been fantastic and they came out to support us well.’

Ashwin: ‘Everything went pretty well. I had to do some changes after the England series. My delivery stride was too long. It went haywire during the course of the England series. I was lucky to have a coach who identified it quickly. Credit also to Duncan Fletcher and Joe Dawes. I needed a kick on the backside and I got one. It was quite a tricky wicket. I think Pujara deserves a lot of credit today. He played a fantastic innings. I thought Jadeja deserved the MoM today. It was a superb 2nd spell from him today. He knows what he’s doing and troubled a lot of the frontline Aussie batsmen.’

No surprises as Ashwin is declared the Man of the series. He picked up 29 wickets in the 4 Tests.

Jadeja: ‘The wicket was helping the spinners. I just wanted to do well and glad I did. Unfortunately, I did not get many runs but I bowled very well in this series. I just tried to bowl in the right areas. I played my natural shots. I was happy with the way I batted yesterday. Ashwin bowled very well throughout the series. We hope to continue in the same way.’

The Man of the Match is Ravindra Jadeja for his all-round show. He picked 43 runs and 7 wickets.

Watson: ‘It was a hardcore Test match. We certainly gave everything we had. Things did not go exactly how we wanted to but credit to the guys. We thought that 150-200 on that wicket was a tough one. We did not bowl exactly where we wanted to. The wickets have been very different to the ones at home. We are learning. We hope to continue to do so. We were looked after very well. It is more enjoyable if you are winning. It’s a pleasure to come here and play.’

England vs New Zealand 3rd Test Day 3 Highlights – 24 Mar 2013 #EngvNZ

Posted: 24 Mar 2013 12:53 AM PDT

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5th ODI – Pakistan wins toss, opts to bat vs South Africa – Benoni 2013 #PakvsSA #SavPak

Posted: 24 Mar 2013 12:40 AM PDT

Toss: Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat

Misbah-ul-Haq: We will bat first, looks a good wicket here, we will try and put runs on the board and put some scoreboard pressure on them. We just have to get partnerships and hopefully we can pull this off.

AB de Villiers: Yea anyway we wouldn’t mind that, we were going to field first. We have a couple of changes in the side Quiton de Kock comes in for Graeme Smith and unfortunately Rory misses out to big Morne Morkel. Looking forward to see the tall lad bowl, it’s been a while and hopefully we can play well as a unit.

Pitch: No grass on the pitch, some cracks but they are not likely to open, so all in all a good batting pitch. But Pat Symcox says from his experience that this pitch has always been a bit up and down.

Teams
South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock, Hashim Amla, Colin Ingram, AB de Villiers(w/c), Farhaan Behardien, David Miller, Robin Peterson, Ryan McLaren, Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe

Pakistan (Playing XI): Imran Farhat, Mohammad Hafeez, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq(c), Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal(w), Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan

Pakistan vs South Africa 5th ODI Live Streams – 24 March 2013 #PakvsSA

Posted: 23 Mar 2013 09:30 PM PDT

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Pakistan vs South Africa 5th ODI Live Streams 2013

The series has came to a thrilling encounter in the last match of the series. South Africa started off well in the ODI series by win in 1st ODI but Pakistan bounced back in 2nd ODI and thats how the series have been going so far. Both teams have won 2 games each and its the series decider at Benoni. South Africa still finding the way to be more consistent in the limited over cricket. Pakistan have exposed their weakness in the limited over series and will be looking to end the tour on high. This will be the last match both team will be playing before the start of Champions Trophy and win is all will be on their mind. Graeme Smith has been ruled out of the final encounter and this are getting tough for the Proteas. The way two teams have progresses so far in the ODI series get ready for another thrilling match to end the tour.

Match Timings: 10:00 local | 08:00 GMT | 13:30 IST | 13:00 Pak Time

Pakistan vs South Africa 5th ODI will be live streamed online. We will provide the links to watch the matches online. So just bookmark the page for the live streaming links fo the match.

Pakistan vs South Africa Live Streams links:

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