The England and Wales Cricket Board said on Wednesday said that England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is to retire from Test cricket at the end of the Ashes series against Australia because of persistent injury problems. The 31-year-old will continue to make himself available for one-day and Twenty20 fixtures, an ECB statement said. “My body...
Monthly Archives: July 2009
2nd Test: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan: Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Scoreboard: Pakistan 1st innings Khurram Manzoor c Dilshan b Kulasekara 3 Fawad Alam lbw b Mathews 16 Younis Khan b Thushara 0 Mohammad Yousuf c Herath b Kulasekara 10 Misbah-ul-Haq c Dilshan b Kulasekara 0 Shoaib Malik not out 39 Kamran Akmal c Dilshan b Thushara 9 Abdur Rauf lbw b Kulasekara 0 Umar...
2nd Test: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan: Pakistan’s turnaround performance on Day 2
Debutant Fawad Alam scored an unbeaten century as Pakistan produced a remarkable turnaround to claw their way back in the second Test The tourists, who were bowled out for 90 in their first innings, hit back to dismiss Sri Lanka for 240 and then cruised to 178-1 in their second knock by stumps on...
The Ashes: 1st Test: England vs Australia: England saved by draw
England 1st innings AJ Strauss c Clarke b Johnson 30 AN Cook c Hussey b Hilfenhaus 10 RS Bopara c Hughes b Johnson 35 KP Pietersen c Katich b Hauritz 69 PD Collingwood c Haddin b Hilfenhaus 64 MJ Prior b Siddle 56 A Flintoff b Siddle 37 JM Anderson c Hussey b Hauritz...
2nd Test: Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan
Sri Lanka have never won a home series against Pakistan, but this time they look to rectify the stats with a dominant performance with ball and bat on the first day at the P Sara Oval. Pakistan had a horrible batting display in Galle, but they sunk even lower here, being bundled out for...
2nd Test: Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan
Sri Lanka will once again go without the spin king Muttiah Muralitharan as they attempt a series-clinching win when the second Test against Pakistan starts on Sunday. The world’s leading Test and One-day bowler missed the first Test in Galle, which Sri Lanka won by 50 runs, after hurting the patella tendon in his...
1st Test: England Vs Australia
Simon Katich scored his maiden Ashes hundred and Australia captain Ricky Ponting also reached three figures to keep England at bay on the second day of the first Ashes Test on Thursday. Australia, at stumps at Sophia Gardens, were 249 for one in reply to England’s first innings 435, a deficit of 186. Left-handed...
Wish MS Dhoni today on his Birthday!!
Hundreds of cricket fans celebrated Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s 28th birthday on Tuesday by cutting cake at Mecon Stadium, situated near his residence, and wished him success and more explosive knocks. Wishing him more success in his life and a wonderful happy birthday!!
Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan: 1st Test: Sri Lanka won by 50 runs
Rangana Herath skittled Pakistan with his left-arm spin to hand Sri Lanka a dramatic 50-run victory in the first cricket Test against Pakistan. Herath grabbed 4-15 as Pakistan, chasing a modest target of 168, collapsed from a seemingly impregnable 71-2 to 117 all out in their second innings before lunch on the fourth day....
Match 4: West Indies vs India: India won ODI series
India made amends for their Twenty20 World Cup disaster by winning the ODI series against West Indies by 2-1 after rains washed out the fourth and final ODI at the Beausejour Stadium on Sunday. The tourists won the four-match series 2-1 following victories in the series opener in Jamaica and the third match on...
