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 2nd Test at Leeds

SA v ENG, 2nd Test, Leeds: South Africa coasts to a ten-wicket victory (1-0)

South Africa won the second test by 10 wickets Monday, after bowling England out for 327 in their second innings and then hitting the nine runs required for victory on the fourth day.
England resumed at 50-2 overnight and needed to bat for at least five more sessions to save the game, but managed less than three. South Africa, which dominated the test from the first session of day one, took a 1-0 lead in the series. England started the final session 182-6, still 137 runs short of making South Africa bat again. Andrew Flintoff and wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose briefly threatened to extend the game into the fifth day until Ambrose was caught behind off Dale Steyn for 36. Flintoff was then caught by Jacques Kallis at slip off Morne Morkel for 38.
Monty Panesar made 10 before being bowled by Dale Steyn, before Stuart Broad livened up the Headingley crowd with a quick-fire 50 to make South Africa bat again. Broad put on 61 with Darren Pattinson for the last wicket but it was only delaying the inevitable as Pattinson was eventually bowled by Morkel to wrap up the innings. South Africa openers Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie took just 1.1 overs to knock off the nine runs required to seal victory.
South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher took nine catches in the game, while Ashwell Prince was named man-of-the-match for his first innings hundred.
Earlier, England lost two wickets for 52 runs in the afternoon session to add to the two it lost in the morning. Resuming after lunch on 130-4, England lost Ian Bell for 4 when he was brilliantly caught by A.B. de Villiers at gully off the bowling of Morne Morkel with 10 runs added. Alastair Cook spooned a catch to Hashim Amla off Jacques Kallis to depart for 60, as England slipped to 152-6 midway through the session. England lost night watchman James Anderson (34) and the vital wicket of Kevin Pietersen for the addition of 80 runs in the opening session.
Anderson and Cook extended their partnership to 59, before Anderson was out for his highest test score after being hit by successive deliveries from fast bowler Dale Steyn. The second blow crashed into the side of his helmet and resulted in an 11-minute delay as Anderson received treatment from the England physiotherapist. He was out the following over, leg before wicket to Steyn to leave England on 109-3 and bringing Pietersen to the crease.
Pietersen proceeded to hit three boundaries in his first four balls before edging a rising delivery from Kallis to be caught by wicketkeeper Mark Boucher for 13 off five balls. South Africa was all out for 522 late Sunday for a first-innings lead of 319. The opening match at Lord's last week finished in a draw.

SA v ENG, 2nd Test, Leeds: South Africa 522 & 9-0 beat England 203 & 327 by 10 wickets

South Africa vs England Cricket Series 2008

South Africa v England 2nd Test at Leeds

Score Card

England 1st Innings 203 all out (52.3 overs)	England 2nd Innings 327 all out (107.0 overs)
South Africa 1st Innings 522 all out (176.2 overs)	South Africa 2nd Innings 9 for 0 (1.1 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Strauss	c Boucher	b M Morkel	27	65	4	0
Cook	c Boucher	b M Morkel	18	37	2	0
Vaughan	c Smith	b Steyn	0	7	0	0
Pietersen	c Smith	b Steyn	45	46	7	1
Bell		b Kallis	31	51	5	0
Ambrose	c Boucher	b Ntini	12	17	1	0
Flintoff	c Boucher	b Steyn	17	28	4	0
Broad	c de Villiers	b M Morkel	17	20	3	0
Anderson	not out		11	24	2	0
Panesar	c de Villiers	b M Morkel	0	11	0	0
Pattinson	c Boucher	b Steyn	8	14	1	0
Extras		5nb 6w 6lb	17
Total		all out	203	(52.3 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Steyn 18.3 2 76 4 Ntini 11.0 0 45 1 M Morkel 15.0 4 52 4 Kallis 8.0 2 24 1

Fall of wicket   26 Cook 27 Vaughan 62 Strauss 106 Pietersen 123 Ambrose 150 Bell 177 Flintoff 181 Broad 186 Panesar 203 Pattinson

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
McKenzie	c Flintoff	b Anderson	15	43	3	0
Smith	c Strauss	b Flintoff	44	67	8	0
Amla	lbw	b Pattinson	38	80	5	0
Kallis		b Anderson	4	14	1	0
Prince	c Ambrose	b Pattinson	149	284	17	2
de Villiers	c Flintoff	b Broad	174	381	19	0
Boucher		b Anderson	34	88	2	0
M Morkel		b Panesar	0	6	0	0
Harris	c Anderson	b Panesar	24	76	1	1
Steyn	not out		10	13	2	0
Ntini	c Pietersen	b Panesar	1	13	0	0
Extras		7nb 1w 2b 19lb	29
Total		all out	522	(176.2 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Anderson 44.0 9 136 3 Pattinson 30.0 2 95 2 Flintoff 40.0 12 77 1 Broad 29.0 2 114 1 Panesar 29.2 6 65 3 Pietersen 4.0 0 14 0

Fall of wicket   51 McKenzie 69 Smith 76 Kallis 143 Amla 355 Prince 422 Boucher 427 M Morkel 511 de Villiers 511 Harris 522 Ntini

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Strauss	c Boucher	b Ntini	0	13	0	0
Cook	c Amla	b Kallis	60	178	6	0
Vaughan	c Boucher	b Ntini	21	53	3	0
Anderson	lbw	b Steyn	34	80	4	0
Pietersen	c Boucher	b Kallis	13	5	3	0
Bell	c de Villiers	b M Morkel	4	28	0	0
Ambrose	c Boucher	b Steyn	36	94	5	0
Flintoff	c Kallis	b M Morkel	38	95	5	0
Broad	not out		67	60	11	0
Panesar		b Steyn	10	14	1	0
Pattinson		b M Morkel	13	36	2	0
Extras		14nb 2w 4b 11lb	31
Total		all out	327	(107.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Steyn 28.0 7 97 3 Ntini 25.0 7 69 2 M Morkel 22.0 4 61 3 Kallis 17.0 3 50 2 Harris 15.0 5 35 0

Fall of wicket   3 Strauss 50 Vaughan 109 Anderson 123 Pietersen 140 Bell 152 Cook 220 Ambrose 238 Flintoff 266 Panesar 327 Pattinson

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Smith	not out		3	3	0	0
McKenzie	not out		6	4	1	0
Extras			0
Total		for 0	9	(1.1 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Broad 1.0 0 8 0 Pattinson 0.1 0 1 0

Fall of wicket

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