Australia beat England 4th Test | Series tied at 1-1, AUS win by innings and 80 runs

Australia celebrate their win over England in the 4th Test at Leeds, they applaud the crowd

Brief synopsis of the 4th test:

Australia 445 (North 110, Clarke 93, Ponting 78, Broad 6-91) beat England 102 and 263 (Swann 62, Broad 61, Johnson 5-69, Hilfenhaus 4-60) by an innings and 80 runs

Avenging the loss at Lords, Australia bounce back into the series by outplaying a complacent England team to level the series at 1-1.

Some brilliant batting and bowling performance’s by Autralian players fetched them series leveling win. The lowly Mitchell Johnson finally showed form clinching 5 wickets in the second inning of the England batsmen to power Australia to a thumping victory in the Ashes 2009.

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England vs. Australia 4th Test Live Scores, AUS v ENG 4th Test Match Squad

4th test match between Australia and England will be played from August 7th to August 11th, 2009 at Headingley, Leeds. England won the 2nd test and leading the series by 1-0.

Andrew Flintoff is doubtful for today's game as he was struggling in the final net session and Steve Harmission will replace him. Shane Watson has done well as an opener in the 3rd test as Australia will try hard to level the series.


Australia Playing 11 for 4th 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 4th test:

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

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Pakistan v Sri Lanka 4th ODI Live Scores | PAK vs SL ODI Series | Squads & Scorecard, Commentary

Pakistan and Sri Lanka will meet for the 4th ODI of the already decided series which Sri Lanka won by 3-0, on Friday, August 6th at Premadasa Stadium, Colombo from 14:30 local, 09:00 GMT.

Sri Lanka can give rest to their key players before the T20 and New Zealand's arrival as they are also looking for a clean sweep. Ajantha Mendis can play his first one day in place of Muttiah Muralitharan.

Pakistan after loosing series can only play for pride and their first win of the forgettable series so far. Umar Akmal scored a half century in his first match of the series and the bad news is that Umar Gul and Abdul Razzaq are injured and Mohammad Yusuf and Rao Iftekhar Anjum will replace them.

Pakistan Squad for 4th ODI:

1 Kamran Akmal (wk), 2 Imran Nazir, 3 Younis Khan (capt), 4 Mohammad Yousuf, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Umar Akmal, 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Fawad Alam, 9 Naved-ul-Hasan, 10 Mohammad Aamer, 11 Rao Iftikhar Anjum.

Sri Lanka Squad for the 4th ODI:

1 Upul Tharanga, 2 Mahela Jayawardene, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wk), 4 Thilan Samaraweera, 5 Chamara Kapugedera, 6 Thilina Kandamby, 7 Angelo Mathews, 8 Thilan Thushara, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Dilhara Fernando, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan/Ajantha Mendis.

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Sachin Tendulkar says Sehwag comes closest to his style of batting | Sachin aims for 15K runs in Test

Excerpts of an interview given by Sachin Tendulkar to Wisden Cricketer reveals that Sachin has a desire to reach 15,000 runs in Test cricket as Sunil Gavaskar requested him to do so and also would be unhappy if he didn’t manage to get the runs to reach that landmark. Excerpts also reveals that he is not very pleased with the comments by John Buchanan about Sachin unable to handle the short deliveries, and justified himself by saying that John need not be correct always, and he needs to correct himself in saying so as if he (Sachin) has problems facing the short pitch deliveries than why has he been scoring heavily against the top bowlers in world cricket.

He also mentioned in his interview that Sehwag is the closest one who has reached to his caliber in terms of batting style.

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ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Schedule, Timing South Africa

Schedule of 2009 Champions Trophy has been announced by ICC and 8 teams tournament will begin from September 22nd, 2009 to October 5th, 2009 in South Africa.

2009 ICC Champions Trophy Schedule:

1st Match: Group B Day/Night
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
South Africa vs Sri Lanka
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Timing: 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 6.00 PM IST, 6.30 PM Pak Time

2nd Match: Group A Day/Night
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Pakistan vs West Indies
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Timing: 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 6.00 PM IST, 6.30 PM Pak Time

3rd Match: Group B
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
South Africa vs New Zealand
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Timing: 09:30 local, 07:30 GMT, 1.30 PM IST, 2.00 PM Pak Time

4th Match: Group B Day/Night
Friday, September 25th, 2009
England vs Sri Lanka
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Timing: 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 6.00 PM IST, 6.30 PM Pak Time

5th Match: Group A
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Australia vs West Indies
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Timing: 09:30 local, 07:30 GMT, 1.30 PM IST, 2.00 PM Pak Time

6th Match: Group A Day/Night
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
India vs Pakistan
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Timing: 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 6.00 PM IST, 6.30 PM Pak Time

7th Match: Group B
Sunday, September 27th, 2009
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Timing: 09:30 local, 07:30 GMT, 1.30 PM IST, 2.00 PM Pak Time

8th Match: Group B Day/Night
Sunday, September 27th, 2009
South Africa vs England
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Timing: 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 6.00 PM IST, 6.30 PM Pak Time

9th Match: Group A Day/Night
Monday, September 28th, 2009
Australia vs India
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Timing: 09:30 local, 07:30 GMT, 6.00 PM IST, 6.30 PM Pak Time

10th Match: Group B Day/Night
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
England vs New Zealand
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Timing: 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 6.00 PM IST, 6.30 PM Pak Time

11th Match: Group A
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Australia vs Pakistan
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Timing: 09:30 local, 07:30 GMT, 1.30 PM IST, 2.00 PM Pak Time

12th Match: Group A Day/Night
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
India vs West Indies
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Timing: 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 6.00 PM IST, 6.30 PM Pak Time

1st Semi-Final: Day/Night
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
A1 vs B2
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Timing: 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 6.00 PM IST, 6.30 PM Pak Time

2nd Semi-Final: Day/Night
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
B1 vs A2
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Timing: 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 6.00 PM IST, 6.30 PM Pak Time

Final: Day/Night
Monay, October 5th, 2009
Winner of 1st Semi-Final vs Winner of 2nd Semi-Final
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Timing: 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 6.00 PM IST, 6.30 PM Pak Time

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Pakistan v Sri Lanka 3rd ODI Photo Highlights - Pak v SL 3rd ODI Pictures, Images

Sri Lanka won the 3rd ODI by 6 wickets and won the series by 3-0 and Mahela Jayawardhane was the star with a century 123 runs.

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Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 6 wickets in 3rd ODI - Won the series by 3-0

Pakistan's poor run continues on their tour of Sri Lanka as they lost third ODI by 6 wickets and lost the series also as Sri Lanka took unbeatable 3-0 lead in the 5 match series.

Pakistan after loosing the toss made 288/9 in 50 overs, put 71 runs partnership between Younis and Kamran Akmal scored 45 runs and 44 runs respectively and ne lad Umar Akmal 65 balls 66 runs then late assault by ICL heroes Razzak and Naved-ul-Hasan contributed 30 runs each.

Sri Lanka then replied with a 202 runs partnership for the 1st wicket and set up a comfortable chase for a record run chase at Dambulla. Mahela Jayawardhane hit a ton with 123 runs and Tharanga made 76 runs.

Match Summary:

Sri Lanka 289 for 4 (Jayawardene 123, Tharanga 76) beat Pakistan 288 for 8 (Umar Akmal 66, Kamran Akmal 45) by six wickets.

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West Indies beat Bangladesh in one off T20 by 5 wickets

West Indies finally clinched a win against Bangladesh in the last match of Twenty20 format by 5 wickets with 19 balls remaining to end the tour with a consolation win otherwise a forgetable series in which they lost the test series by 2-0 and ODI series by 3-0.

Bangladesh opted to bat firs lost early wickets and managed only 118/9 in 20 overs and Naeem Islam was the highest scorer with 27 runs. Sammy and Miller took 2 wickets each.

West Indies lost wicket on the 1st ball but Dwayne Smith and Dowlin scored 37 runs each to register a consolation win with 19 balls remaining.

Match Summary:

West Indies 119 for 5 (Smith 37, Dowlin 37*) beat Bangladesh 118 for 9 by five wickets.

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Ban v WI 3rd ODI Result - Bangladesh won series by 3-0 - Bangladesh vs West Indies 3rd ODI Photo Highlight

Bangladesh beat West Indies in the 3rd ODI by 3 wickets and seal a clean sweep with 3-0 series win on July 31st at ST Kitts. West Indies bowled out on 248 in 47.4 overs and Bangladesh chased successfully with 7 balls and 3 wickets remainig. Mahmuduulah pu an all round performance, took 2 wickets and then scored unbeaten 51 runs well supported by Junaid Siddiqui who hit 55 runs at the top.

Captain Shakib Al Hasan won the Man of the series award while Mahmudullah won the Man of the Match award for thier brilliant performances.

Bangladesh vs West Indies Photo Highlights:

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Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka 2nd ODI Live Scores | PAK vs SL ODI Series | Squads & Scorecard, Commentary

Sri Lanka won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat in the 2nd ODI at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium. Pakistan got a worst start as they lost Nasir Jamshed on the first ball of the match and they are struggling 100/7 in 30 overs as all the top batsmen back in pavilion.

Pakistan Squad for 2nd 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 Squad for the 2nd 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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