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ICC Champions Trophy: West Indies vs India

September 29, 2009 By: admin1 Category: Champions Trophy 2009 No Comments →

If Pakistan wins over Australia and if India wins over West Indies, the Indian team will have a chance to survive in the Champions Trophy. The next match will be a must-win for India who take on West Indies on Wednesday.
India will have to face West Indies with the hope that Pakistan would somehow beat Australia by a big margin in the day’s first match at Centurion. If this happens, India would need to increase their net run-rate dramatically, besides winning the match, to stand a chance of making the last-four stage.
India after losing their opening game by 54 runs has a net run-rate of -1.08 whereas Australia who won against West Indies by 50 runs has a massive advantage of +1.00 in their favour. So if India wants to go past Australia’s net run-rate, they have to cover the difference of 104 runs between the two teams.
For instance, if Australia lose their game by 25 runs, India needs to win theirs against the West Indies by 80 runs to prevail and go through to the semi-finals. However, if Australia bat first and score 250 runs, India need to get their runs inside 40 overs for them to go through.
These things do not promise good signs for India as these are just the probabilities for India to get into the Semi-finals.
Teams (from):
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh.
West Indies: Floyd Reifer, Darren Sammy, David Bernard, Tino Best, Royston Crandon, Travis Dowlin, Andre Fletcher, Kevin McClean, Nikita Miller, Kieran Powell, Dale Richards, Kemar Roach, Devon Smith, Gavin Tonge, Chadwick Walton, Daren Powell.

After rain played spoilsport in the Australia vs India match, the chances for India to advance to the semi-finals has been reducing. If Pakistan wins over Australia and if India wins over West Indies, the Indian team will have a chance to survive in the Champions Trophy. The next match will be a must-win for India who take on West Indies on Wednesday.

India will have to face West Indies with the hope that Pakistan would somehow beat Australia by a big margin in the day’s first match at Centurion. If this happens, India would need to increase their net run-rate dramatically, besides winning the match, to stand a chance of making the last-four stage.

India after losing their opening game by 54 runs has a net run-rate of -1.08 whereas Australia who won against West Indies by 50 runs has a massive advantage of +1.00 in their favour. So if India wants to go past Australia’s net run-rate, they have to cover the difference of 104 runs between the two teams.

For instance, if Australia lose their game by 25 runs, India needs to win theirs against the West Indies by 80 runs to prevail and go through to the semi-finals. However, if Australia bat first and score 250 runs, India need to get their runs inside 40 overs for them to go through.

These things do not promise good signs for India as these are just the probabilities for India to get into the Semi-finals.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh.

West Indies: Floyd Reifer, Darren Sammy, David Bernard, Tino Best, Royston Crandon, Travis Dowlin, Andre Fletcher, Kevin McClean, Nikita Miller, Kieran Powell, Dale Richards, Kemar Roach, Devon Smith, Gavin Tonge, Chadwick Walton, Daren Powell.

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Jesse Ryder out of Champions Trophy

September 29, 2009 By: admin Category: Champions Trophy 2009, Cricket News 1 Comment →

Jesse Ryder suffered an injury during New Zealand’s match against Sri Lanka and has been ruled out of the tournament. He pulled his left abductor muscle while trying to take a single in the early part of his innings. Daniel Vettori expressed that they will miss Jesse Ryder ahead of their big match for making it to the Semis.

The bad day of Jesse Ryder was worsened after the ICC match Referee Javagal Srinath fined him 15% of his match fees for showing anger while walking back to dressing room after his dismissal. Jesse Ryder hit a chair with his bat in anguish after getting dismissed.

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ICC Champions Trophy: South Africa Vs England: England makes it to semi-finals

September 28, 2009 By: admin1 Category: Champions Trophy 2009, Highlights No Comments →

England beat South Africa by 22 runs in the nail biting league match of the group B at centurion.
Chasing 324, host South Africa tried their best to reach the target but ended with 301 thereby closing their semi-finals dreams.
After an exceptional innings from Owais Shah and Eoin Morgan, Smith forced England to battle every step of the way, and at 206 for 3 with 14 overs to go, a crushing reversal was not out of the question. However, James Anderson put the game safe with the nerveless figures of 3 for 42 in ten overs, and when Smith himself was ninth man out with 19 balls remaining, South Africa had to face up once more to the humiliation of exiting a global tournament on home soil at the very first hurdle.
It was a startling contest that continued the unlikeliest revival in international cricket. With one shock result already notched up against Sri Lanka, England entered this crunch contest with such confidence that not even the late withdrawal of their wicketkeeper, Matt Prior, could rattle their resolve.
The best performance of the day came from Owais shah, the Man of the match. With a slow but steady 44 in the victory over Sri Lanka, he launched himself into top gear with a brilliant 98 from 89 balls that included five fours and six sixes – five of which came in a 13-ball onslaught in those habitually stagnant middle overs.
Tit-bits:
England’s 323 for 8 is their highest ODI score against South Africa and their third-highest overseas.
England’s 12 sixes is the most they’ve struck in an innings in ODIs. Their previous-highest was against New Zealand in Napier last year.
Owais Shah was especially harsh on Albie Morkel (27 off 23) and Roelof van der Merwe (29 off 26).
Eoin Morgan took Dale Steyn for 18 in 8, Wayne Parnell for 23 in 11 and Johan Botha for 19 in 12. He had a strike-rate of over 100 against every bowler he faced.
England scored 48 runs in their batting powerplay, and 92 in the last ten overs.
Graeme Smith’s 141 is the second-highest score in a losing cause for South Africa in ODIs. Herschelle Gibbs tops the list with 143 against New Zealand in the 2003 World Cup.

England beat South Africa by 22 runs in the nail biting league match of the group B at Centurion.

Chasing 324, host South Africa tried their best to reach the target but ended with 301 thereby closing their semi-finals dreams.

After an exceptional innings from Owais Shah and Eoin Morgan, Smith forced England to battle every step of the way, and at 206 for 3 with 14 overs to go, a crushing reversal was not out of the question. However, James Anderson put the game safe with the nerveless figures of 3 for 42 in ten overs, and when Smith himself was ninth man out with 19 balls remaining, South Africa had to face up once more to the humiliation of exiting a global tournament on home soil at the very first hurdle.

It was a startling contest that continued the unlikeliest revival in international cricket. With one shock result already notched up against Sri Lanka, England entered this crunch contest with such confidence that not even the late withdrawal of their wicketkeeper, Matt Prior, could rattle their resolve.

The best performance of the day came from Owais shah, the Man of the match. With a slow but steady 44 in the victory over Sri Lanka, he launched himself into top gear with a brilliant 98 from 89 balls that included five fours and six sixes – five of which came in a 13-ball onslaught in those habitually stagnant middle overs.

Tit-bits:

  • England’s 323 for 8 is their highest ODI score against South Africa and their third-highest overseas.
  • England’s 12 sixes is the most they’ve struck in an innings in ODIs. Their previous-highest was against New Zealand in Napier last year.
  • Owais Shah was especially harsh on Albie Morkel (27 off 23) and Roelof van der Merwe (29 off 26).
  • Eoin Morgan took Dale Steyn for 18 in 8, Wayne Parnell for 23 in 11 and Johan Botha for 19 in 12. He had a strike-rate of over 100 against every bowler he faced.
  • England scored 48 runs in their batting powerplay, and 92 in the last ten overs.
  • Graeme Smith’s 141 is the second-highest score in a losing cause for South Africa in ODIs. Herschelle Gibbs tops the list with 143 against New Zealand in the 2003 World Cup.
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