India vs Sri Lanka in India, Nov-Dec 2009

Sri Lanka in India Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series

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.

South Africa v England Cricket Series 2008

Schedule

South Africa vs England Cricket Series 2008

South Africa v England 1st Test at Lords

SA v ENG, 1st Test, Lords: South Africa earn a draw against England

Neil McKenzie's tour de force hundred and a second three-figure exercise in determination from Hashim Amla completed South Africa's escapology act in the first Test at Lord's.
McKenzie (138) shut out England for nine-and-a-quarter hours, and his second-wicket partner Amla (104no) outlasted him for a five-and-a-half-hour hundred of his own as South Africa secured a draw by closing out the match on 393 for three.
South Africa's safety was a far cry from the peril of following on two days ago 346 runs behind, apparently certain to lose and go 1-0 down in this four-match series. But McKenzie and his captain Graeme Smith responded with an opening stand of 204, and the former was then joined by Amla to add 125 more.
Suffering with a groin strain towards the end of his 447-ball 138 and batting with Smith as a runner, McKenzie eventually went when he was unable to move his feet towards an attempted cut shot and edged a ball from James Anderson behind. By that time, though, the tourists knew the job was almost done - and even after Jacques Kallis had been yorked by Ryan Sidebottom to go cheaply, Amla still would not be moved. He reached a 231-ball hundred and was still in situ, in company with first-innings centurion Ashwell Prince when the umpires unexpectedly offered the batsmen the opportunity of going off for bad light. It appeared an expedient decision which found little favour with the last-day crowd.
When the players returned shortly afterwards, there was a farcical epilogue as - with the third new ball only four overs old - part-time off-spinners Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen completed bowling duties until the stalemate was confirmed at 4.50pm. England batsman Ian Bell was named as man of the match after his superb innings of 199.

SA v ENG, 1st Test, Lords: England 593-8 drew with South Africa 247 & 393-3

South Africa vs England Cricket Series 2008

South Africa v England 1st Test at Lords

Score Card

England 1st Innings 593 for 8 (156.2 overs)
South Africa 1st Innings 247 all out (93.3 overs)	South Africa 2nd Innings 393 for 3 (167.0 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Strauss	lbw	b M Morkel	44	131	6	0
Cook	c de Villiers	b M Morkel	60	132	9	0
Vaughan		b Steyn	2	3	0	0
Pietersen	c Boucher	b M Morkel	152	181	20	1
Bell	c and b	Harris	199	336	20	1
Collingwood	c Amla	b Harris	7	13	1	0
Ambrose	c Smith	b M Morkel	4	7	0	0
Broad		b Harris	76	124	10	0
Sidebottom	not out		1	22	0	0
Extras		15nb 7w 14b 12lb	48
Total		for 8	593	(156.2 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Steyn 35.0 8 117 1 Ntini 29.0 2 130 0 M Morkel 34.0 3 121 4 Kallis 20.0 3 70 0 Harris 38.2 8 129 3

Fall of wicket   114 Strauss 117 Vaughan 117 Cook 403 Pietersen 413 Collingwood 422 Ambrose 574 Broad 593 Bell

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Smith	c Bell	b Anderson	8	21	1	0
McKenzie		b Panesar	40	89	5	0
Amla	c Ambrose	b Broad	6	32	1	0
Kallis	c Strauss	b Sidebottom	7	19	1	0
Prince	c Ambrose	b Sidebottom	101	184	13	1
de Villiers	c Anderson	b Panesar	42	119	5	0
Boucher		b Broad	4	11	0	0
M Morkel		b Panesar	6	22	1	0
Harris	c Anderson	b Panesar	6	18	1	0
Steyn	c Sidebottom	b Pietersen	19	46	2	0
Ntini	not out		0	1	0	0
Extras		1nb 2w 1b 4lb	8
Total		all out	247	(93.3 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Sidebottom 19.0 3 41 2 Anderson 21.0 7 36 1 Broad 23.0 3 88 2 Panesar 26.0 4 74 4 Collingwood 4.0 1 3 0 Pietersen 0.3 0 0 1

Fall of wicket   13 Smith 28 Amla 47 Kallis 83 McKenzie 161 de Villiers 166 Boucher 191 M Morkel 203 Harris 245 Prince 247 Steyn

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Smith	c Pietersen	b Anderson	107	207	11	0
McKenzie	c Ambrose	b Anderson	138	447	16	0
Amla	not out		104	242	14	0
Kallis		b Sidebottom	13	52	2	0
Prince	not out		9	54	0	0
Extras		1nb 5w 8b 8lb	22
Total		for 3	393	(167.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Panesar 60.0 15 116 0 Pietersen 7.0 1 21 0 Sidebottom 30.0 9 46 1 Anderson 32.0 7 78 2 Broad 26.0 7 78 0 Collingwood 11.0 4 37 0 Cook 1.0 0 1 0

Fall of wicket   204 Smith 329 McKenzie 357 Kallis

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Umpires: B F Bowden, D J Harper
England: Vaughan, Cook, Strauss, Bell, Pietersen, Collingwood, Ambrose, Broad, Sidebottom, Anderson, Panesar
South Africa: Smith, McKenzie, Amla, Prince, Kallis, de Villiers, Boucher, M Morkel, Harris, Steyn, Ntini