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- I trust my game, I’ll be back, says Virender Sehwag #IndvsAus
- Mohali pitch will be different from Chennai and Hyderabad Test #IndvsAus
- Preview – Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 1st Test Galle 2013 #SLvsBan #BanvsSL
- England collapse on 167, New Zealand in command on Day 2 of first test #EngvsNZ
- England vs New Zealand 1st Test Scorecard – 06-10 March 2013 #EngvNZ
- England vs New Zealand 1st Test Day 2 Highlights – 07 Mar 2013 #EngvNZ
| I trust my game, I’ll be back, says Virender Sehwag #IndvsAus Posted: 07 Mar 2013 05:30 AM PST
Sehwag paid the price for a prolonged run drought as the selectors trimmed the squad to 14 and decided against picking a replacement for the right-hander, who has scored just 27 runs in his three innings during the ongoing series. “Will continue to work hard for my place in the team. I trust my game and am confident that, “I’ll be back”,” he wrote on his twitter page. He also wished good luck to the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side for the remainder of the series, which the hosts are leading 2-0 after crushing victories in the first two Tests in Chennai and Hyderabad.
“Best wishes to the team,” Sehwag wrote. Sehwag had failed to fire in five consecutive Tests after getting a hundred in the opening game of the home series against England at Ahmedabad in November-December last year. He was unable to score even a half-century in two home Tests against New Zealand. During India’s last overseas tour, in Australia, Sehwag scored just 198 runs in eight innings.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mohali pitch will be different from Chennai and Hyderabad Test #IndvsAus Posted: 07 Mar 2013 04:45 AM PST
“The wicket at the PCA ground will not be of the same character (as it was in Chennai and Hyderabad). The pitch here will be good for both the sides. It will not bring out a one sided result as has happened in the first two matches. “We would like to have real good cricket here,” said PCA Secretary M P Pandove. India completely outplayed the visitors in the first two Tests, winning by eight wickets in Chennai and by an innings and 135 runs in Hyderabad. PCA President IS Bindra said that the groundsmen here have made a “competitive pitch”.
“We have done exactly this (made a competitive pitch) so that spectators also enjoy and players also put in their best,” he said. Bindra, meanwhile, said since PCA wants more spectators to come for the match, tickets prices have been kept low. “Other centres have also started adopting our policy,” he added. Pandove further said that for attracting youngsters, the rate of the tickets for the students have been priced as low as Rs 150 for five days. “The cricket academies in the tri-city — Chandigarh Mohali and Panchkula — will be given a discount of 25 per cent so that they can accommodate the poor trainees who cannot even afford the cheap tickets,” he added. The air-conditioned lounge tickets have been priced at Rs 4,000, box seat at Rs 5,000, VIP enclosure Rs 750 and Chair Class Rs 250, Pandove informed, adding that the sale of tickets will commence tomorrow.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preview – Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 1st Test Galle 2013 #SLvsBan #BanvsSL Posted: 07 Mar 2013 03:58 AM PST
Sri Lanka have won six and drawn one of their last eight Tests on the traditionally spin-friendly Galle wicket, and slow bowlers Rangana Herath and Ajantha Mendis are once again expected to play key roles. Left-armer Herath grabbed 11 wickets in the last Test played in Galle in November to help Sri Lanka crush New Zealand by 10 wickets. The unorthodox Mendis, set to play a Test for the first time since May 2011, is a proven match-winner with 62 wickets in 16 Tests. The hosts will be at full-strength, barring the injured Mahela Jayawardene, after resolving a pay dispute with Sri Lanka Cricket earlier this week.
Sri Lanka’s batting has been bolstered by the return of veteran Kumar Sangakkara, who missed the third and final Test against Australia in January due to finger injury. Sri Lanka go into the series under new captain Angelo Mathews with a 12-0 win record against Bangladesh, who will be without star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan due to calf injury. Bangladesh have struggled at the Test level since their entry in 2000, losing 65 of their 75 matches so far, winning just three. But former captain Mohammad Ashraful was confident his side will put up a good show. “It doesn’t matter what happened in the past,” the middle-order batsman said. “Ours is a new side and Sri Lanka are also going through a transition. It should be a good contest.” All-rounder Mohammad Mahmudullah said it was important for Bangladesh to start well in the Test. “Sri Lanka have the home advantage, so it is up to us to adapt quickly,” he said. “Like always, the first two sessions on day one will be crucial.” Bangladesh will also play three one-day internationals and a one-off Twenty20 match on the month-long tour. Teams (from): Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews (Capt.), Dinesh Chandimal, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kumar Sangakkara, Lahiru Thirimanne, Shaminda Eranga, Kushal Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Kithuruwan Vithanage, Ajantha Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara, Chanaka Welegedara, Suranga Lakmal, Rangana Herath, Tharindu Kaushal. Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim (Capt.), Mohammad Mahmudullah, Abul Hasan, Anamul Haque, Elias Sunny, Jahurul Islam, Marshall Ayub, Mohammad Ashraful, Mominul Haque, Nasir Hossain, Robiul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Shahadat Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Tamim Iqbal.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| England collapse on 167, New Zealand in command on Day 2 of first test #EngvsNZ Posted: 07 Mar 2013 01:33 AM PST
England’s batsmen self-destructed in two nightmare sessions on a tame pitch, offering a succession of rash shots in the face of disciplined bowling from debutant Bruce Martin and Neil Wagner, who each bagged four wickets. In reply, New Zealand made the most of batting-friendly conditions at University Oval to plunder 131 runs without loss at stumps, with Hamish Rutherford, also making his debut, unbeaten on 77 and Peter Fulton 46 not out. After the first day’s play was abandoned due to bad weather, England lasted just 55 overs against the eighth-ranked team in Test cricket, Jonathan Trott top-scoring with 45 on a day when the tourists’ big names failed to fire. Tim Southee grabbed an early breakthrough to dismiss Nick Compton for a duck in the third over, putting pressure on the opener, who faces calls for Joe Root to take his spot at the top of the order.
Left-arm pacer Wagner, a late inclusion in the New Zealand side after an injury to Doug Bracewell, then claimed the wickets of Alastair Cook (10) and Pietersen (0) in successive balls to leave England reeling at 18 for three. Pietersen, short of cricket after playing only one warm-up match for meagre returns of 14 and eight, was trapped lbw by Wagner off his first ball at the crease. Ian Bell and Trott dug in for a partnership of 46 before Bell fell for 24 trying to drive Wagner through mid-wicket, instead scooping the ball to Rutherford. Root (4) departed just before lunch after tentatively swiping at a Trent Boult delivery and edging to Dean Brownlie in the slips, leaving England, second in the Test rankings, 71-5. Left-arm spinner Martin kept up the pressure on the middle order, dismissing the dangerous Matt Prior for 23 and then enticing Trott into a sweep shot that caught the top edge and carried to Boult. Stuart Broad (10) tried to hit the spinner out of the park but instead sent the ball straight to Brownlie on the boundary. With England teetering on 119-8, Steven Finn (20) and James Anderson (23) added useful tail-end runs before Anderson gifted Martin his fourth wicket with a wild swing that flew to Wagner at point to close the innings. Rutherford, the son of former New Zealand captain Ken Rutherford, brought up his half century off 65 balls in the final session, including eight fours and a six straight down the wicket which struck an unfortunate spectator on the head. Nothing went right on a frustrating day for England, with Broad missing a caught and bowled opportunity off Rutherford on 52 and Pietersen dropping a catch from the debutant when he was on 64. Fulton, recalled after a three-year absence, will aim to bring up his half century early Friday as New Zealand look to overhaul the narrow 36-run deficit and turn the screws with a big first innings lead.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| England vs New Zealand 1st Test Scorecard – 06-10 March 2013 #EngvNZ Posted: 06 Mar 2013 10:25 PM PST England tour of New Zealand 2013 New Zealand vs England – 1st Test Played at University Oval, Dunedin, 06-10 March, 2013 Toss – New Zealand won the toss and elected to Field. Day 2 – Stumps England 1st Inn
Fall of wickets (England): 1-5 (Compton, 2.2 ov), 2-18 (Cook, 10.2 ov), 3-18 (Pietersen, 10.3 ov), 4-64 (Bell, 24.1 ov), 5-71 (Root, 27.4 ov), 6-108 (Prior, 38.5 ov), 7-109 (Trott, 40.2 ov), 8-119 (Broad, 42.2 ov), 9-166 (Finn, 53.3 ov), 10-167 (Anderson, 54.6 ov)
New Zealand 1st Inn
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