Sri Lanka will be looking for the elusive test match and series win when they tour India for a Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series from November to December 2009. The team arrive in India on November 8th for the 55-day tour.
ENG v NZ, First ODI, Riverside: Pietersen century lays platform for England victory
June 15, 2008
Kevin Pietersen's unbeaten 110 was the cornerstone of England's 114 run thrashing of New Zealand in the first one-day international at the Riverside here Sunday which saw them go 1-0 up in the five-match series.
Pietersen's sixth hundred in 72 one-day internationals guided England to 307 for five and was his first century at this level since his 104 against Australia at the World Cup in Antigua last year.
World Cup semi-finalists New Zealand were bowled out for 193 with more than seven overs remaining as they lost for only the second time in nine one-dayers.
South Africa-born Pietersen, who on Friday made 42 not out in England's nine-wicket Twenty20 thumping of New Zealand at Old Trafford, was in total command and at times appeared to be toying with the bowling.
The 27-year-old faced 113 balls with three sixes - two of them outrageous reverse hits off medium-pacer Scott Styris - and eight fours.
Together with England one-day captain Paul Collingwood, who made a run-a-ball 64 in front of his Durham home crowd, he put on 136 for the fourth wicket after England had wobbled at 95 for three.
Owais Shah ensured the runs kept coming, his dashing 49 off 25 balls featuring three sixes and four fours.
Three New Zealand seamers - Tim Southee, Michael Mason and Styris - all conceded more than 60 runs apiece with Kyle Mills going for 59.
Only captain and left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori escaped the onslaught with one for 38 in 10 overs.
Medium-pacer Collingwood, who wrapped up the match with four wickets for 15 runs in 17 balls, was at the other end when Pietersen smashed Styris for those two extraordinary sixes.
The Hampshire shotmaker also paid tribute to England quick Stuart Broad who took a miserly two for 16 in eight overs.
New Zealand's reply got off to a rapid start with openers Jamie How and Brendon McCullum putting on 50 inside eight overs.
But Broad, with his first ball, had McCullum, on 36, cutting a short delivery straight to Ian Bell at extra-cover.
New Zealand were soon 72 for three after James Marshall was run out by Collingwood and How spooned a catch to cover off Broad.
The Kiwis came into this match ranked third in the world in 50-over cricket and with a 3-1 series win over England on home soil in February to their credit.
But without accurate pace bowler Jacob Oram, who could miss the series with a hamstring injury, New Zealand struggled to keep the runs down with England adding 70 in the last five overs.
ENG v NZ, First ODI, Riverside: England 307 for 5 (50.0 overs) beat New Zealand 193 all out (42.5 overs) by 114 runs
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
