India A Vs England XI Warm up Match: India A 369 for 9 on Day 1


India A Vs England XI, 1st Warm up Match, Day 1
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India
Oct 30 – 1

Scorecard:

India A won the toss and elected to bat first

India A 369 for 9 (90 overs) at Stumps

Manoj Tiwary          93 (12 fours)
Abhinav Mukund    73 (16 fours)
Yuvraj Singh          59 (7 fours and 4 sixes)
Irfan Pathan           46 (5 fours and 2 sixes)

Tim Bresnan          3-59
Graeme Swan        3-90

Sydney Sixers Ten Wicket Win and the CLT20 Champion


CLT20 Final: Lions v Sydney Sixers at Johannesburg, Oct 28, 2012

Scorecard:

Sydney Sixers won the toss, and elected to field

Lions 121 all out for 20 over

Jean Symes 51

Nathan McCullum 24/3
Josh Hazlewood 22/3

Sydney Sixers 124/0 for 12.3 overs

Michael Lumb 82 not out
Brad Haddin 37 not out

Sydney Sixers won by 10 wickets (with 45 balls remaining)

Man of the match Michael Lumb

Man of the series Mitchell Starc

Sydney Sixers Enter 2012 CLT20 Final in South Africa


2nd Semi-Final: 

Sydney Sixers v Titans at Centurion, Oct 26, 2012

Titans won toss chose to bat first

Scorecard:

Titans 163/8 in 20 overs
David Wiese 61 not out and Henry Davids 59 not out

Steve O'Keefe 19/0 for 4 over

Sydney Sixers 164/8 in 20 overs
Steve O'Keefe 32

Sydney Sixers won by 2 wkts

Man of the match Steve O'Keefe

Delhi Daredevils Out and Lions Enter CLT20 Final


Champions League Twenty20

1st Semi-Final:

Delhi Daredevils vs Lions at Durban, Oct 25, 2012

DD won toss chose to field first

Scorecard:

Lions 139/5 in 20 overs (ND McKenzie 46 not out)

Delhi 117/9 in 20 overs (KP Pietersen 50)

Lions won by 22 runs

Man of the match Neil McKenzie

Perth Scorchers beat Auckland Aces by 16 runs


2012 Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa

Group A, Perth Scorchers Vs Titans
SuperSport Park, Centurion,
South Africa
23 October, 2012

Paul Collingwood 38 off 27 balls and Michael Beer take 3 for 13 helped Perth Scorchers to beat Auckland Aces by 16 runs in the Champions League T20 2012 at Centurion on Tuesday. Titans and Delhi Daredevils are qualified for the Semi Finals.

Scorecard:

Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat first

Perth Scorchers 140/7 in 20 overs

Paul Collingwood     38
Marcus North           37
Tom Beaton             22
Simon Katich           21

Michael Bates         4-34

Target 141 runs from 20 overs

Auckland Aces 124/8 in 20 overs

Martin Guptill         36
Azhar Mahmood    24
Colin Munro           23

Michael Beer       3-13
Joe Mennie         2-23

Perth Scorchers won by 16 runs

Man of the Match – Michael Beer

Sydney Sixers beat Mumbai Indians by 12 runs


Champions League Twenty20 2012 in South Africa

Group B, Sydney Sixers Vs Mumbai Indians,
Kingsmead, Durban,
South Africa
22 October, 2012

Steven Smith 41 off 41 balls and Decent Bowling performance leads Sydney Sixers to beat Mumbai Indians by 12 runs in the Champions League T20 on Monday. Sydney Sixers won all four matches in the group B Stage. they already qualified for Semi Finals.

Scorecard:

Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat first

Sydney Sixers 136/7 in 20 overs

Steven Smith        41                  
Michael Lumb      28                  
Nic Maddinson     27

Munaf Patel     2-17
 L Malinga       2-36

Target 137 runs in 20 overs

Mumbai Indians 124/8 in 20 overs

Dwayne Smith       26                 
S Tendulkar           22                 
Harbhajan Singh     22

Pat Cummins        2-16
Mitchell Starc       2-32

Sydney Sixers won by 12 runs.

Man of the Match - Steven Smith

Chennai Super Kings beat Yorkshire by 4 wickets


2012 Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa

Group B, Chennai Super Kings Vs Yorkshire
Kingsmead, Durban,
South Africa
22 October, 2012

Badrinath's 47 off 38 balls and Dhoni's 31 off 23 balls helped Chennai Super Kings to beat Yorkshire by four wickets at Durbab on Monday.

Scorecard:

Yorkshire 140/6 in 20 overs

Gary Ballance 58
David Miller 28
Andrew Gale 23

Doug Bollinger 2-16
Albie Morkel 2-12

Target 141 runs from 20 overs

Chennai Super Kings 141/6 in 19 overs

Badrinath 47
MS Dhoni 31
Suresh Raina 31

Wardlaw 2-23
Steven Patterson 2-22
Hannon Dalby 2-23

CSK won by 4 wickets

Man of the Match - Badrinath

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Titans by 99 runs


Champions League Twenty20 2012 in South Africa

Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Titans, Group A,
Newlands, Cape Town,
South Africa
21 October, 2012

Debabrat Das Unbeaten 43 off just 19 balls and Balaji's 4-19 guided Kolkata Knight Riders to beat Titans by 99 runs in the Champions League T20 2012 at Cape Town on Sunday. 

Scorecard:

Titans won the toss and elected to field first

Kolakata Knight Riders 188/5 in 20 overs

Gautam Gambhir          44
Debabratat Das            43*
B McCullun                  36

Roelof Van der Merwe     2-18

Target 189 Runs from 20 overs

Titans 89/10 in 16.4 overs

Jacques Rudolph          25
Henry Davids               13
Heino Kuhn                 10

L Balaji          4-19
M Tiwary       2-8

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 99 runs

Man of the Match - Debabrata Das

Delhi Daredevils beat Perth Scorchers by three wickets in the Group A Match


2012 Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa

Group A, Perth Scorchers Vs Delhi Daredevils,
Newlands, Cape Town,
South Africa.
October 21, 2012

Scorecard:

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field first

Perth Scorchers 121/5 (20 overs)

Shaun Marsh      39
Simon Katich      34
Mitchell Marsh    20

Morne Morkel      3-19
Ajit Agarkar         2-14

Delhi Daredevils need 122 runs from 20 overs

Delhi Daredevils 123/7 (19.3 overs)

Virender Sehwag      52
Irfan Pathan            13
Ajit Agarkar             11*

Michael Beer      2-18
Joe Mennie        2-21

Delhi Daredevils won by 3 wickets

Man of the Match - Ajit Agarkar

du Plessis and Hilfenhaus stars as Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians by 6 runs


Champions League Twenty20 2012 in South Africa

Group B, Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians,
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg,
South Africa.

Half century from Faf du Plessis and Hifenhaus take 2 for 14 helped Chennai Super Kings to beat Mumbai Indians by six runs in the Champions League T20 Group B Match on Saturday.

Scorecard:

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field first

Chennai Super Kings 173/8 in 20 overs

Faf du Plessis      52
Murali Vijay        39
MS Dhoni          35

Lasith Maling      5-35

Target 174 runs from 20 overs

Mumbai Indians 167/7 in 20 overs

Dinesh Karthik      74
Rohit Sharma       32
Kieron Pollard      31

Ben Hilfenhaus     2-14
Albie Morkel        2-28

Chennai Super King won by 6 runs

Man of the Match - Ben Hilfenhaus

Highveld Lions won by 5 wickets aganist Yorkshire and through to the semis


2012 Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa

Group B, Highveld Lions Vs Yorkshire,
New Wanderers, Johannesburg,
South Africa
October 20, 2012

Highveld Lions beat Yorkshire by 5 wickets and also reached semi finals of the Champions League T20 2012. Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Yorkshire knocked out from the tournament.

scorecard:

Highveld Lions won the toss and elected to field first

Yorkshire 131/7 in 20 overs

Phil Jaques 31               
Adrew Gale 21                 
Adam Lyth 21

Aaron Phangiso 2-23
Sohail Tanvir 2-25

Lions need 132 runs from 20 overs

Highveld Lions 134/5 in 19.2 overs

Quinton de Kock 32            
Jean Symes 27*               

Steven Patterson 2-21
Azeem Rafiq 1-14

Highveld Lions won by 5 wickets

Man of the Match - Jean Symes

Sydney Sixers beat Highveld Lions by five wickets


Champions League Twenty20 2012 in South Africa

Highveld Lions Vs Sydney Sixers, Group B,
Newlands, Cape Town,
South Africa
18th Octobet 2012

Umpires: Kumar Dhamasena, Rod Tucker
Third Umpires: Aleem Dar
Match Refree: Ranjan Madugalle

Shane Watson's all round performance with bat and ball and Mitchell Starc 3 for 19 helped Sydney Sixers to beat Highveld Lions at Cape Town on Thursday. Sydney Sixers reached semi finals of the Champions League Twenty20 2012.

Scorecard:

Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field first

Highveld Lions 137/9 (20)

Gulam Bodi     61
Jean Symes    23

Mitchell Starc       3-19
Josh Hazlewood    2-18
Shane Watson      2-25

Target 138 runs from 20 overs

Sydney Sixers 141/5 (19 overs)

Shane Watson    47
Brad Haddin        32
Steven Smith      25*

Aaron Phangiso       3-14

Sydney Sixers won by 5 wickets

Man of the Match - Mitchell Starc

Highveld Lions beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets


2012 Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa

Group B, Chennai Super Kings Vs Highveld Lions,
Newlands, Cape Town,
South Africa
October 16, 2012

Scorecard:

Highveld Lions won the toss and elected to bat first

Chennai Super Kings 158/6 in 20 overs

MS Dhoni               34
S Badrinath             27*
Faf du Plessis         25
Murali Vijay            22

Aaron Phanqiso 2-17

Target 159 runs from 20 overs

Lions 159/4 in 19.3 overs

Gulam Bodi      64
Jean Symes     39*
Neil McKenzie  32

Doug Bollinger 2-18

Lions won by 6 wickets. Man of the Match - Aaron Phanqiso

Sydney Sixers crush Yorkshire by eight wickets


Champions League Twenty20 2012 in South Africa

Group B, Sydney Sixers Vs Yorkshire
Newlands, Cape Town
South Africa

Socrecard:

Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat first

Yorkshire 96/9 (20 overs)

Joseph Root  25
Phil Jaques    21
Adam Lyth    18

Pat Cummins    2-13
Mitchell Starc   2-22
J Hazlewood      1-9

Target 97 runs from 20 overs

Sydney Sixers 98/2 (8.5 overs)

Michael Lumb 43*
Brad Haddin    41

Sydney Sixers won by 8 wickets.

Man of the Match - Brad Haddin

Azhar Mohammad setsup Auckland Aces comfortable win over Knight Riders

2012 Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa

Group A, Auckland Aces Vs Kolkata Knight Riders,
Newlands, Cape town,
South Africa.

Umpires:         Kumar Dharmasena, Rod Tucker
Third Umpire: Aleem Dar
Match Refree: David Boon

All round performance from Azhar Mahmood with both bat and ball leads Auckland Aces to beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets in the Group A Match at Cape Town on Monday.

Scorecard:

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first

Kolkata Knight Riders 137/6 in 20 overs

Brendon McCullum     40
Manvinder Bisla          38
Yusuf Pathan              22

Azhar Mahmood        3/16
Target 138 runs from 20 overs

Auckland Aces 139/3 in 17.4 overs

Azhar Mahmood        51*
Lou Vincent              30
Martin Guptil             25
Sunil Narine             2/24

Auckland Aces won by 7 wickets

Man of the Match – Azhar Mahmood

Bowlers leads Delhi Daredevils win over Kolkata Knight Riders


Delhi Daredevils beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 52 runs in the Champions League T20 2012 at Centurion on Saturday.

Scorcard:

Kolkata won the toss,chose to field

Delhi Dare Devils 160/8 (20 overs)

Unmukt Chand 40
Ross Taylor 36

Suni Narine 3-21

Delhi Daredevils 108/7 (20 overs)

Manoj Tiwary 33
Rajat Bhatia 22

Irfan Patha 2-19
Umesh Yadav 2-13
M Morket 2-25

Delhi Daredevils won by 52 runs.Man of the Match - Irfan Pathan.

Daniel Vettori injured and out of Sri Lanka Tour


New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori will miss the Sri Lanka tour due to Injury. Todd Astle has been included in the 15 men Test Squad.

New Zealand will two tests,five One Day Internationals and one off T20 in Sri Lanka which starts on October 30.

New Zealand Test Squad:

Ross Taylor (captain), Todd Astle, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Daniel Flynn, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Chris Martin, Brendon McCullum, Rob Nicol, Jeetan Patel, Tim Southee, Kruger van Wyk, Neil Wagner, Kane Williamson.

New Zeland limited overs squad:

Ross Taylor (captain), Trent Boult, Andrew Ellis, James Franklin, Roneel Hira, Rob Nicol, Tom Latham, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Adam Milne, Jacob Oram, Tim Southee, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson.

SA announce Test Squad for Australia Tour


Uncapped all rounder Rory Kleinveldt has been called up for the South Africa squad for the Three match test series in Australia on Wednesday. The 29 year old Kleinveldt has played T20 for South Africa. But he has yet to make test appearance for South Africa. Kleinveldt take 208 first class wickets at an average was 28.57.

South Africa Squad:

Graeme Smith (captain), Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, Jacques Kallis, Rory Kleinveldt, Morne Morkel, Alviro Petersen, Robbie Peterson, Vernon Philander, Jacques Rudolph, Dale Steyn, Thami Tsolekile.

West Indies beat Sri Lanka in the ICC World Twenty20 Final


Darren Sammy's West Indies side were lifted the new ICC World Twenty20 2012 Champions on Sunday after 36 runs victory over Sri Lanka in a Final match in Colombo.

West Indies won the elected to bat first, West Indies 137 for 6 in 20 overs. Sri Lanka was bowled out 101 in 18.4 overs. This was the first world title for the West Indies team since the World Cup won under the Clive Lloyd in 1979. This is the Sri Lanka's fourth final defeat since 2007.

Sunil Narine picked three 3 for 9 and Darren Sammy take 2 for 6 helped to restrict Sri Lanka on 101. Captain Mahela Jayawarde top scorer for Sri Lanka with 33 runs.Nuwan Kulasekar smashed 26 off 13 balls.

Earlier Sri Lankan spinner Ajanth Mendis collapse the West Indies batting line up. He removed dangerous batsman Chris Gayle on just three runs. He grabbed 4 for 12 runs. Marlon Samuels is the only man top scorer for West Indies. He was smashed huge six in Malinga over. Samuels scored 78 off 56 balls and consists of three fours and six sixes.

Marlon Samuels named as the Player of this final match. Australian All rounder Shane Watson got the Man of the Series Award.

West Indies thrash Australia by 74 runs, will meet Sri Lanka in the Final

Chris Gayle smashed unbeaten 75 helped West Indies entered into their first ICC World Twenty20 final with 74 run win over Australia at Colombo on Friday.

West Indies won the toss and chose to bat first, Chris Gayle punished the Australian bowlers with unbeaten 75 runs from 41 balls it consists of 5 fours and 6 sixes. Dwayne Bravo made 37 runs. Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo added 83 runs partnership for the third wickets.West Indies scored 25 runs in 20th overs. Gayle send one six and after that Kieron Pollard smashed 3 sixes in that Particular overs. he was caught out in last ball. West Indies scored 205 for 4 20 overs.

In the chasing the huge target of 206, Australia struggled to score runs. The Australian wickets are falling in regular intervals. George top scorer for Australia with 63 runs from 29 balls. other batsmans are did not pass 20 run mark. Ravi Rampaul take 3 for 17 and Suni Narine got 2 for 17, Samuels Badree and Kieron Pollard are also take 2 wickets each. West Indies bowled out Australia with 131 runs 16.4 overs.

Chris Gayle named for Man of the Match award. West Indies will take on Sri Lanka on Sundays' Final.

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 16 runs to qualified for the ICC World Twenty20 2012 Finals


Sri Lankan Spinners Rangana Herath and Ajantha Mendis take five wickets as Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 16 runs on Thursday to reach the ICC World Twenty20 2012 final.

Rangana Herath take 3 for 25 and Mendis got 2 for 27 helped to restrict Pakistan to 123 for 7 in 20 overs after Sri Lanka posted 139/4 in 20 overs.

Mohammad Hafeez top scorer for Pakistan with 42 runs. The other Semifinal between Australia and West Indies on Friday.

Brief Scorecard:

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first

Sri Lanka 139/4 (20)
Mahela Jayawardene 42, Tilakratne Dilshan 35

Pakistan 123/7 (20)
Mohammad Hafeez 42, Umar Akmal 29*, Imran Nasir 20
Rangana Herath 3-25, Ajantha Mendis 2-27, Angelo Mathews 2-27

Sri Lanka won by 16 runs. Mahela Jayawardene got the Man of the Match Award. Sri Lanka will take on Australia or West Indies in Sunday's final game.

India beat South Africa and Fail to make semi finals


India beat South Africa by 1 run in the ICC World Twenty20 last Super Eight match. India need to restrict South Africa to 121 but failed. India and South Africa are eliminated from the tournament. Pakistan qualified for the semi finals along with the Australia. Sri Lanka and West Indies are already qualified.

scorecard:

India 152 for 6 in 20 overs
Suresh Raina 45, Rohit Sharma 25, MS Dhoni 23*, Yuvraj Singh 21
Robin Peterso 2-25, Morne Morkel 2-28

South Africa 151 all out in 19.5 overs
Faf di Plessis 65
JP Duminey 16
Zaheer Khan 3-22, Yuvraj Singh 2-23,L Balaji 3-37

India won by 1 run.Man of the Match - Yuvraj Singh

Pakistan beat Australia by 32 runs


Australia reached the World Twenty20 semifinals despite a 32-run loss to Pakistan in the Super Eights on Tuesday.

Pakistan scored 149 for 6 off its 20 overs but Australia gave up chasing the win after Shane Watson and David Warner were dismissed for 8 each. Instead, Australia went after the 112 runs it needed to seal a place in the last four, and finally got there when Mike Hussey hit a boundary off fast bowler Umar Gul with the first ball of the last over.

Brief Score:

Pakistan 149/6 (20)
Nasir Jamshed 55, Kamran Akmal 32
Mitchell Starc 3-20

Australia 117/7 (20)
Michael Hussey 54*, Saeed Ajaml 3-17, Raza Hasan 2-14, 
Mohammad Hafeez 2-22

Pakistan won by 32 runs. Man of the Match - Raza Hasan

Malinga leads Sri Lanka beat England by 19 runs


Sri Lankan pace man Lasith Malinga take career best 5 for 31 helped Sri Lanka knocked out defending champions England from the ICC World Twenty20 2012 with 19 run win in Super Eights at Pallekele on Monday.

Malinga dismissed England's top three batsmans in his first over. This five wicket haul helped to restrict England to 150 for 9 in 20 overs. Samit Patel top scorer for England with 67 runs. England and New Zealand are eliminated from the Tournament. Sri Lanka reached semi finals along with the West Indies.

Earlier, Sri Lanka scored 169 for 6 in 20 overs. Mahela Jaywardene made 42 runs. England skipper Stuart Broad take 3 wickets for 32 runs. Lasith Malinga named as the Man of the Match.


West Indies beat New Zealand in Super Over


West Indies eliminate New Zealand from the ICC World Twenty20 2012. West Indies beat New Zealand in a Super Over after the match finished in tie.

Both teams scored 139. so the one over eliminator came for the results. New Zealand scored 17 runs in six balls. But West Indies reached the target with one ball to spare. West Indies stay alive in this tournament. 

The brilliant finish from Tim Southee take 3 for 21 and Doug Bracewell got 3-31 helped to restrict West Indies in 139 all out in 19.3 overs. Chris Gayle was top scorer for West Indies with 30 off just 14 balls.

In the chasing, West Indies bowlers are control the New Zealand in 139 for 7 in 20 overs. Ross Taylor made unbeaten 62 runs. Sunil Narine take 3 wickets for 20 runs. Sunil Narine got the Man of the Match Award for his tight spell.

Scorecard:

West Indies 139/10 (19.3)
Chris Gayle 30, Tim Southee - 3-21

New Zealand 139/7 (20)
Ross Taylor 62*, Sunil Narine - 3-20

Match Tied, West Indies won the Super Over.

Virat Kohli sets up to India win over Pakistan in Super Eights


India needed a win to keep their chances of making thir semi finals. India thrash Pakistan by eight wickets in ICC World Twenty20 2012 Super Eight match at Colombo on Sunday.

After Five bowler flop from previous match. India made some changes in the side. Vireder Sehwag and L Balaji comes into the side. Pakistan batting collapsed from fine Indian bowling attack. Pakistan was bowled out for 128 in 19.4 overs. L Balaji take 3 wickets for 22 runs. Ashwin and Yuvraj take two wickets each.

In the chasing target of 129, Gautam Gambhir lost his wicket in very first over. Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli batting towards the target. Sehwag got out for 29 But this wicket late for Pakistan. Virat Kohli star for India with unbeaten 78 runs and consists of eight fours and two sixes. India reached the Target in 17 overs. Virat Kohli awarded as the player of the match.