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Friday, July 31, 2009

Bangladesh vs. West Indies 3rd ODI Live Scores, BAN v WI 3rd ODI Preview

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Bangladesh is looking for a clean sweep against 2nd level West Indies team as they will meet for the 3rd and final ODI on Friday, July 31st, at St Kitts. West Indies selectors have opted for the second string team even after senior players strike ends.

Bangladesh stand in captain Shakib Al Hasan is leading from the front and former captain Mohammad Ashraful also doing well in the middle order with 2 half centuries in 2 games.

West Indies already lost the series but the have to play for some pride. Travis Dowlin scored his maiden ODI century in the 2nd game which gone in vain as Bangladesh won by 3 wickets.

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Shane Watson flourishes as opener for Australia, 3rd Ashes Test Day 1 Highlights

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Shane Watson scored a brilliant 62 not out, and proved the Australian team management correct in the gamble of opening the 3rd Test match replacing the out of form Philip Hughes. Shane Watson dealt the Swing and Seam of the English bowling attack with patience and some awesome strokeplay, he actually happened to save the day for Captain Ricky Ponting who chose to bat first on a swing friendly and soggy pitch.

Shane Watson who was out of the game due to a bout of injuries since the IPL 2009 was declared fit and included in the Ashes campaign.

Simon Katich was the only one to get out on a rain affected match with just 30 over happening in the 1st day.
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Muttiah Murlitharan will retire from Test cricket in Nov 2010

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Muttiah Murlitharan has decided to quit from test cricket by year end 2010. He will retire from test cricket after the West Indies tour of Sri Lanka playing two test matches in November 2010.

The king of off spin, popularly known as Murli, sitting a top with 770 wickets in 127 Test matches and rightfully owns the numero uno bowler tag with the most number of wickets in both forms of the games.

We wish him well and will also miss his tweaks in Test cricket next year on
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Pakistan v Sri Lanka 1st ODI Photo Highlights - Pak v SL 1st ODI Pictures, Images

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Sri Lanka won the 1st ODI by 36 runs against Pakistan on Thursday, July 30th, 2009 at Dambulla. Enjoy the photo highlights of the match, in which Muralitharan took 3 wickets for just 29 runs in 10 overs ans also scored 32 runs.













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Sri Lanka beat Pakistan in 1st ODI, PAK continue its losing streak, SL v PAK Match Highlights

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Kulasekara celebrates along with team mates as he claims yet another wicket.

A valiant fight by the tailenders Umar Gul (33 runs - last to get bowled, of a Malinga yorker) and Mohammed Amer (23 runs – run out by Jayawardene) brought the Pakistan score to a close finish but eventually it proved too much for the tail to clinch the match.

Thushara claimed 3 while Murli and Kulasekara claimed 2 each to not allow Pakistan settle with a big partnership. Pakistan continuing its poor form with losing ever single game they played against Sri Lanka.
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England vs. Australia 3rd Test Live Scores, AUS v ENG 3rd Test Match Squad, Highlights

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England and Australia continues their rivalry for Ashes series as third test match begins from Thursday, July 30th, 2009 at Edgbaston, Birmingham from 11.00 AM local time. England won the 2nd test at Lord's and leading the 5 match series by 1-0.

Australia have to fight back in order to defend Ashes, which they won by 5-0 2 years back. All rounder Shane Watson has been included in the team in place of Phillip Hughes who managed only 36, 4 and 17 in last 2 test matches.

England, without Kevin Pietersen, who is out due to injury looking good after moral boosting 115 runs win in 2nd test. Ian Bell will replace Pietersen in the middle and the remaining team will be same.

Australia Playing 11 for 3rd test:

Simon Katich, Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting(c), Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke, Marcus North, Brad Haddin(w), Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nathan Hauritz

England Playing 11 for 3rd test:

Andrew Strauss(c), Alastair Cook, Ravinder Bopara, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Matthew Prior(w), Andrew Flintoff, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Graham Onions.

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Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka 1st ODI Live Scores | PAK vs SL ODI Series | Squads & Scorecard, Commentary

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Pakistan loose Shahid Afridi, a match winner in himself (but now a days he is winning matches not with his batting but bowling) put Pakistan in a spot of bother with Pak score 75 / 4 wickets.

Pakistan prepares to take revenge on Sri Lanka after a humiliating Test series defeat after they were crowned the World T20 Champions.

Pakistan Squad for 1st ODI:
Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan (capt), Mohammad Yousuf, Fawad Alam, Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Aamer, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal

Sri Lanka would love to carry on its form from the Test Series to the ODI series and have a clean white wash of both ODI and Test series.

Sri Lanka Squad for the 1st ODI:
Upul Tharanga, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara (capt), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Thilan Thushara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Bangladesh win ODI series against Wes Indies – BAN defeat WI by 3 wickets in a thriller

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Bangladesh's players celebrate their ODI series victory over the West Indies, West Indies v Bangladesh, 2nd ODI, Dominica, July 28, 2009

Bangladesh win the ODI series by three wickets;
Bangladesh 276 for 7 (Shakib 65, Ashraful 64) beat West Indies 274 for 5 (Dowlin 100*, Smith 44)

Bangladesh is sailing high with their first Test series win and now they have managed to get the ODI series too under their belt. The match was quite a thriller and Bangladesh managed to win this one by chasing a decently large total of 274.

None other than Shakib and Ashraful took the lead of getting the Bangladesh side to a 3 wicket victory with an interesting chase of 274 runs.
West Indies put into bat first scored 274 runs thanks to the maiden century by Travis Dowlin and a good partnership developed along with Devon Smith who scored 44 runs. West Indies must have been confident about the run chase which the Bangladesh team had not been able to score something beyond this. But Shakib and Ashraful had different plans, they steadied the innings with a brilliant partnership after Raqibul Hasan couldnot hang around longer.

Bangladesh will cherish this chase and the series win thanks to the brilliance of Shakib Al Hasan the new captain of the side in Mashrafe’s absence.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Bangladesh vs. West Indies 2nd ODI Live Scores, BAN v WI ODI Preview

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Going one down in the ODI series West Indies team have complained that the pitches are helping the visitors more than the host due to the slow nature of the pitches the spin attack of Bangladesh has been able to dominate the Test series and the first ODI which was held at Dominica.

Bangladesh can expect a hard and bouncy pitch as the curators might struggle to get the team some home benefit by creating hard and bouncy pitches to trouble the Bangladesh batting lineup. Bangladesh does not have any renowned pace attack thus West Indies can rely on that.

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Monday, July 27, 2009

India vs Australia ODI Series Schedule - Ind vs Aus in India ODI Fixture Oct 2009

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India will host 7 match ODI series against world champions Australia in October-November 2009, just after T20 Champions League, starting from 25th October to 11th November, 2009. First ODI will be held at Jaipur while the last match will be played in Mumbai, first match after terror attack.

India vs Australia ODI Series Schedule:

1st ODI: D/N
25th October, 2009
India vs Australia
Jaipur

2nd ODI: D/N
28th October, 2009
India vs Australia
Nagpur

3rd ODI: D/N
31st October, 2009
India vs Australia
Delhi

4th ODI: D/N
2nd November, 2009
India vs Australia
Mohali

5th ODI: D/N
5th November, 2009
India vs Australia
Hyderabad

6th ODI:
8th November, 2009
India vs Australia
Guwahati

7th ODI: D/N
11th November, 2009
India vs Australia
Mumbai
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Pakistan and Sri Lanka Squads for ODI Series - Pak & SL ODI Squads

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Pakistan and Sri Lanka announced their ODI teams for 5 match ODI series starting from July 30th 2009. Sri Lanka called back opener Jayasuriya and Muralitharan while Pakistan called one day specialist Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzak in the team.


Pakistan ODI Squad:

Younis Khan (Captain), Fawad Alam, Imran Nazir, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Nasir Jamshed, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Umar Gul, Naved-ul-Hasan, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Aamer, Iftikhar Anjum.

Sri Lanka ODI Squad:

Kumar Sangakkara (Captain/WK), Muttiah Muralitharan (V.Captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Malinga Bandara, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Upul Tharanga, Thilina Kandamby, Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis, Angelo Mathew, Thilan Thushara, Isuru Udana.
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Pak vs SL ODI Series Schedule - Pakistan vs Sri Lanka T20 Timing

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After 3 match test series, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will play 5 ODI's starting from July, 30th 2009 followed by one Twenty20 match one August 12th, 2009. Sri lanka won the 3 match 2 series by 2-0 and Pakistan will try to take revenge in the shorter version of the game.

Pak vs SL ODI Series Schedule:

1st ODI:

Thursday, 30th July, 2009
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
Timing: 10:00 local, 04:30 GMT, 11.00 Pakistan Time

2nd ODI:

Saturday, 1st August, 2009
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
Timing: 10:00 local, 04:30 GMT, 11.00 Pakistan Time

3rd ODI:

Monday, 3rd August, 2009
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
Timing: 10:00 local, 04:30 GMT, 11.00 Pakistan Time

4th ODI: Day/Night

Friday, 7th August, 2009
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Timing: 14:30 local, 09:00 GMT, 15.30 Pakistan Time

5th ODI: Day/Night

Sunday, 9th August, 2009
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Timing: 14:30 local, 09:00 GMT, 15.30 Pakistan Time

Pak vs SL One Off Twenty20 International Schedule:

Only Twenty20: Day/Night

Wednesday, 12th August, 2009
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Timing: 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT, 20.00 Pakistan Time
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WI vs Ban 1st ODI Photo Highlights - West Indies vs Bangladesh 1st ODI Pictures, Images

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Bangladesh continues their good form in ODI's against 2nd string West Indies team as they won 1st ODI of 3 match series by 52 runs. Captain Shakib Al Hasan scored 54 runs while Abdul Razzak took 4 wickets.

Abdul Razzak was pick of the bowler.

Bangladesh celebrates fall of another wicket.

Dwyane Smith made only half century from West Indies with 65 runs.


Bowled him!
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WI vs BAN 1st ODI Video Highlights - West Indies v Bangladesh 1st ODI 2009 Cricket Highlights

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West Indies Vs Bangladesh 1st ODI 2009

26 Jul,2009 1:30 PM GMT
Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica

West Indies won the toss & elected to field

Result : Bangladesh won by 52 runs

Man of the match: Abdur Razzak

West Indies v Bangladesh 1st ODI 2009 (1st Innings)
BANGLADESH: 246/9 (50) RR: 4.92



West Indies v Bangladesh 1st ODI 2009 (2nd Innings)
WEST INDIES: 194/10 (43.4) RR: 4.44
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Bangladesh Win 1st ODI against West Indies, Shakib, Hasan Seal Victory – BAN v. WI ODI Series

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Shakib Al Hasan the nemesis of the young West Indies team gave yet another knock out punch to the second-string West Indies team. Shakib surprised the host by opening the match scoring a brilliant 54, and Ashraful gave support in the middle getting 57 runs. Kemar Roach was the most successful bowler for the Windies taking 5 wickets, but he too could not stop Bangladesh from scoring a competitive 249 runs losing 9 wickets. The score seemed too large for a weakened West Indies team who had a bad Test series against the same opponent.

Shakib’s was high in confidence and went straight into attack mode by starting the bowling himself along with Razzak who made a successful comeback taking 4 West Indies wickets to mark a great return with Bangladesh winning the match by 52 runs.

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Friday, July 24, 2009

Sangakkara's Ton helps to draw 3rd Test - Sri Lanka won the series by 2-0

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Third test match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan drawn thanks to brilliant unbeaten century by Sri Lankan captain Kumara Sangakkara with 130 runs and batted almost 4 sessions. Sri Lanka lost only 1 wicket on the final day and scored 208 runs and at one time they are looking for a record chase while Pakistan lost an opportunity as the unable to take 10 wickets in 5 sessions. Sri lanka won the 3 match series by 2-0 and Kulasekara awarded Man of the Series.



Match Summary:

Pakistab 299 (Khurram 93, Yusuf 90, Tushara 5-83) and 425 for 9 dec.(Misbah 65, Malik 134, Akmal 74, Herath 5-157) drew with Sri Lanka 233 (Jayawardhane 79, Kaneria 5-62) and 391/4 (Paranavitana 73, Sangakkara 130*, Samarweera 73, Mathews 64*)

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West Indies and Bangladesh Squads for ODI Series - WI & Ban ODI Squads

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Despite the strike ended by senior players and made them available for ODI's West Indies board has decided to go with the second string team and announced the 15 members team for the first 2 ODI's of of 3 match series led by Floyd Reifer. Bangladesh after first overseas test series win and now eying ODI series will be led by test series hero Shakib Al Hasan.

Bangladesh ODI Squad:

Shakib Al Hasan (Cap)
Abdur Razzak
Tamim Iqbal
Imrul Kayes
Junaid Siddique
Mahbubul Alam
Mahmudullah
Mehrab Hossain jnr
Mohammad Ashraful
Mushfiqur Rahim
Naeem Islam
Raqibul Hasan
Rubel Hossain
Syed Rasel

West Indies Squad for 1st and 2nd ODI's:

Floyd Reifer (Cap)
Darren Sammy (vice-cap)
David Bernard
Travis Dowlin
Andre Fletcher
Andre Fletcher
Rawl Lewis
Nikita Miller
Nelon Pascal
Kieran Powell
Dale Richards
Kemar Roach
Devon Smith
Devon Thomas
Gavin Tonge
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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Kevin Pieterson out of Ashes 2009, Kevin's Achilles Heel injury keeps him away from ENG v Aus Test Series

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Kevin Pieterson undergoes a surgery on his Achilles Heel injury which will keep him away from the Ashes series

Kevin Pieterson had geared up for the Ashes series with pain killing injections but it is not helping him any longer. He limped around in the recently concluded Lord’s Test match against Australia. A leading health specialist consulted for an immediate surgery for the Kevin’s condition which means he will be out of action for the next 6 weeks.

The surgery seemed to be minor one with a small incision to trim the blood vessels and nerves around the inflamed tendon, but it is painful for the payer who has a limp.

Kevin is not happy to miss out on the ashes tour and is raring to get well to at least make it towards the end of the long series.

He says” I was pleased with the previous course of treatment as it allowed me to take part in this Ashes series but unfortunately the injury has recently deteriorated. To leave a winning dressing room at this time is heart breaking but it wouldn't be fair to the team or myself to continue given the severity of the injury. I'll be supporting the team closely and wish them the best of luck as they look to build on the brilliant win at Lord's and reclaim the Ashes."

England will have to replace him with someone of his caliber which is tough to find but the closest who can make it into the side as his replacement is Ian Bell.
Bell getting an opportunity due to the injury of Kevin says ” "I am desperate to play," said Bell. "Having faced the Aussies before I know what to expect from them, and once you have appeared at Test level you want to carry on playing against the best players in the world."
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

West Indies vs Bangladesh ODI Series Schedule - WI v Ban ODI Timing

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Bangladeh won the 1st ever overseas series against 2nd string West Indies team and now they are looking forwars for ODI series but they will face toigh competition as West Indies playesr strikes ended and fill fledge West Indies is available for 3 match ODI series and one off T20.

ODI Series Schedule:

1st ODI:
Sunday, 26th July, 2009
West Indies vs Bangladesh
Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica
Timing: 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT, 7.30 PM Bangladesh Time


2nd ODI:
Tuesday, 28th July, 2009
West Indies vs Bangladesh
Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica
Timing: 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT, 7.30 PM Bangladesh Time

3rd ODI:
Friday, 31st July, 2009
West Indies vs Bangladesh
Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Timing: 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT, 7.30 PM Bangladesh Time


One Off Twenty20 International Schedule:

Only Twenty20:
Sunday, 2nd August, 2009
West Indies vs Bangladesh
Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Timing: 14:00 local, 18:00 GMT, 12.00 mid-night Bangladesh Time
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West Indies Senior Players End Strike, Available for ODI Series

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After a humiliating whitewash 2-0 defeat by Bangladesh, West Indies cricket board and the senior players committee have agreed upon the appointment of former Commonwealth secretary general Shridath Ramphal as arbitrator for the contractual issues which had forced the senior players to go on a strike and boycott the Test series. The second-string team couldnot handle the spin wizardry of Bangladesh and handed them their first overseas series victory.

West Indies board had been in such situation many a time and should have learnt some lesson by the loss of a home test series against minnows like Bangladesh.

The senior players have made themselves available for the ODI series against Bangladesh, which will make it interesting how the Bangladesh team tackles the task of facing Gayle and company. West Indies might come on heavily on Bangladesh to avenge the Test loss, and Bangladesh have come out chest thumping, with confidence full to the brim and it should provide an interesting short series of ODI matches.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Shakib Al Hasan sizzle as Captain, Best Player of the Series

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Shakib Al Hasan - "Man of the Series"

Shakib Al Hasan is the latest buzz making rounds in the Bangladesh cricket fraternity for his all round performance in the recently concluded Test Series (captain, spin bowler & batsman, agile fielder). His performance as a standing captain in place of the injured Mashrafe Mortaza, paid rich dividends with a team well handled resulting in a clean sweep of the West Indies.

Shakib's statistics of the West Indies series:

Shakib Al Hasan's Batting statistics :
2 Test Matches (4 innings)
159 runs with the bat (96* highest)

Shakib Al Hasan's Bowling statistics:
2 Test Matches (4 innings)
13 wickets
109.1 overs
31 maidens
Gave away 244 runs
5/70 best bowling figure in an inning
8/129 best bowling figure in a Test

These figure suggest the all round effectiveness of the player and thus rightly deserves the "Best Player of the Series"
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Bangladesh Win its First Test Series against West Indies – BAN defeat WI

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Bangladesh celebrate their first ever Series win on foreign soil

Match synopsis:

Bangladesh 232 (Rahim 48, Raqibul 44, Roach 6-48) and 217 for 6 (Shakib 96*, Raqibul 65, Sammy 5-55) beat
West Indies 237 (Dowlin 95, Richards 69) and 209 (Bernard 69, Shakib 5-70) by four wickets

Bangladesh tasted first blood of a Test series win in the history of Bangladeshi Test Cricket. Standing Captain Shakib Al Hasan along with Raqibul Hasan saw Bangladesh through to outscore the 215 runs that were required to lift the match and the series. Bangladesh needed to win / draw this match to win its first ever series and that they did in style not missing out on an opportunity and pounced on the second string West Indies team like a hungry Tiger.

Darren Sammy tried to stop the Bangladeshi chase with his 5 wicket haul Raqibul and Shakib Al Hasan were unstoppable. Shakib scored an unbeaten 96 runs to lead Bangladesh to a memorable Test series victory.

This victory will be more memorable as Bangladesh wins its first test series victory on foreign soil and not at home.
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Bangladesh vs West Indies 2nd Test Photo Highlight, Pictures, Images

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Watch the photo highlights of historical series win of Bangladesh against West Indies.
















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Thushara takes 5 wickets to halt Pakistan at 299 – Day 2 3rd Test Match PAK v SL

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Thilan Thushara the sensational fast bowler of Sri Lanka, takes 5 Pakistan wickets and restricts Pakistan to get a big score for the first innings. Pakistan as usual again showing it brittleness in the batting as they suddenly laid down 6 wickets by scoring just 14 runs towards the death of the innings. Pakistan managed to score 299

Pakistan had a steady start but then regular fall of wickets made a slow progress in terms of runs. Khurran Manzoor and Mohammad Yousuf both falling in the nineties gave a sad display for the Pakistani fans and even worse was the collapse of the lower order in the first session of day 2.

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Monday, July 20, 2009

4 Million USD Prize Money for 2009 Champions Trophy

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ICC has increased the prize money of 2009 Champions Trophy almost 4 times to US$4 million for the tournament from September 22 to October 5 in South Africa. The format of the tournament has also been revised from the last tournament as only 8 top team will participate instead of 10 teams with no qualifying rounds.

8 teams has been divided into 2 groups of 4 teams each and the top 2 teams from each group will qualify for the semi finals. India and Pakistan will be in the same group along with Australia an West Indies. In the other group South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and England will fight for the top place.


15 games short tournament which was initially planned last year in Pakistan will host at Centurion and Wanderers.


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