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 4th Test at Londan

SA v ENG, 4th Test, The Oval: England cruise to victory in final Test (1-2)

A century opening partnership between Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook set England on the way to a six-wicket win on the fifth day of the fourth and final Test against South Africa at the Oval Monday.
Strauss (58) and Cook (67) put on 123 to take England a long way towards their target of 197. Four wickets fell cheaply but after such a start there was never any real doubt that Kevin Pietersen's first match as captain would end with a win, although South Africa took the series 2-1.
Cook was the senior partner as he and Strauss laid the foundation for their team after a cautious start. Only 11 runs were scored in the first 11 overs as Makhaya Ntini bowled accurately and Morne Morkel erratically.
When the total was on nine a plan to dismiss Strauss almost worked. Ashwell Prince was moved to leg slip, with Morkel bowling around the wicket. Strauss, on four, obliged by glancing the ball straight to Prince but umpire Aleem Dar called no-ball because Morkel had over-stepped.
The scoring rate picked up in the 12th over when Cook off-drove and pulled Ntini for boundaries. Left-arm spinner Paul Harris came on as first change and Cook on 16 jabbed him close to Hashim Amla at short leg. But after that the batsmen looked comfortable until Ntini came back into the attack after lunch and had Cook caught at first slip by South African captain Graeme Smith.
Ian Bell was bowled by Ntini when he went across his stumps and left his leg stump exposed and he was followed two balls later by Strauss, caught at leg slip by Smith off bat and pad. Pietersen and Paul Collingwood took England within 15 runs of the target but Pietersen, who made a century in the first innings, was denied the satisfaction of being at the crease when the winning runs were scored.
The England captain was caught off bat and pad at short leg by Neil McKenzie off Harris for 13. Andrew Flintoff joined Collingwood and ended the match with a straight six off Harris.

SA v ENG, 4th Test, The Oval, day five: England 316 & 198-4 beat South Africa 194 & 318 by six wickets

South Africa vs England Cricket Series 2008

South Africa v England, 4th Test at Londan

Score Card

South Africa 1st Innings 194 all out (64.5 overs)	South Africa 2nd Innings 318 all out (99.2 overs)
England 1st Innings 316 all out (95.2 overs)	England 2nd Innings 198 for 4 (52.5 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Smith	c Anderson	b S Harmison	46	103	7	0
McKenzie	c Cook	b Flintoff	17	55	2	0
Amla		b S Harmison	36	35	8	0
Kallis	lbw	b Anderson	2	5	0	0
Prince	c Bell	b Anderson	4	14	1	0
de Villiers	lbw	b Panesar	39	53	8	0
Boucher	c Ambrose	b Anderson	3	13	0	0
M Morkel	c Bell	b Broad	17	30	3	0
Harris	not out		13	49	1	0
Nel	c Ambrose	b Broad	4	5	1	0
Ntini		b Panesar	9	29	1	0
Extras		2nb 1b 1lb	4
Total		all out	194	(64.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W S Harmison 18.0 6 49 2 Anderson 15.0 1 42 3 Flintoff 15.0 2 37 1 Broad 14.0 3 60 2 Panesar 2.5 0 4 2

Fall of wicket   56 McKenzie 103 Smith 103 Amla 105 Kallis 118 Prince 132 Boucher 158 de Villiers 168 M Morkel 172 Nel 194 Ntini

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Strauss	c Smith	b Ntini	6	20	1	0
Cook	c Boucher	b Ntini	39	102	5	0
Bell	c Smith	b Ntini	24	41	3	0
Pietersen	c Kallis	b Ntini	100	137	15	0
Collingwood	c and b	Kallis	61	124	10	0
Flintoff	c Boucher	b Kallis	9	13	0	1
Ambrose	c Smith	b Kallis	4	11	0	0
Broad	c McKenzie	b Ntini	1	36	0	0
S Harmison	not out		49	59	8	0
Anderson	lbw	b Harris	13	34	1	0
Panesar	run out		0	0	0	0
Extras		5nb 1w 4lb	10
Total		all out	316	(95.2 ovs)

Bowler O M R W M Morkel 22.0 3 78 0 Ntini 24.0 3 94 5 Nel 19.2 5 56 0 Kallis 15.0 2 51 3 Harris 15.0 4 33 1

Fall of wicket   7 Strauss 51 Bell 111 Cook 219 Pietersen 233 Flintoff 241 Ambrose 248 Collingwood 263 Broad 316 Anderson 316 Panesar

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Smith	lbw	b Anderson	0	5	0	0
McKenzie		b Broad	29	58	4	0
Amla	c Ambrose	b S Harmison	76	99	14	0
Kallis	c Collingwood	b S Harmison	9	57	1	0
Prince	c Strauss	b Flintoff	24	53	4	0
de Villiers		b Panesar	97	170	12	0
Boucher	c Collingwood	b Anderson	12	44	1	0
M Morkel	c Bell	b Panesar	10	22	1	0
Harris	c Flintoff	b Broad	34	74	3	0
Nel	not out		3	8	0	0
Ntini	c Collingwood	b Broad	2	9	0	0
Extras		3nb 5w 6b 8lb	22
Total		all out	318	(99.2 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Anderson 22.0 2 85 2 S Harmison 25.0 6 84 2 Flintoff 18.0 4 53 1 Panesar 17.0 5 37 2 Broad 16.2 4 44 3 Pietersen 1.0 0 1 0

Fall of wicket   0 Smith 82 McKenzie 119 Amla 138 Kallis 161 Prince 201 Boucher 218 M Morkel 313 Harris 313 de Villiers 318 Ntini

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Strauss	c Smith	b Harris	58	107	6	0
Cook	c Smith	b Ntini	67	106	12	0
Bell		b Ntini	4	19	1	0
Pietersen	c McKenzie	b Harris	13	27	2	0
Collingwood	not out		25	50	4	0
Flintoff	not out		11	14	1	1
Extras		6nb 1w 6b 7lb	20
Total		for 4	198	(52.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W M Morkel 13.0 2 43 0 Ntini 14.0 4 55 2 Harris 19.5 5 56 2 Nel 5.0 0 21 0 Kallis 1.0 0 10 0

Fall of wicket   123 Cook 147 Bell 147 Strauss 182 Pietersen

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Umpires: Aleem Dar, S J Davis
England: Strauss, Cook, Bell, Pietersen, Collingwood, Flintoff, Ambrose, Broad, S Harmison, Anderson, Panesar
South Africa: Smith, McKenzie, Amla, Kallis, Prince, de Villiers, Boucher, Harris, Nel, M Morkel, Ntini