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 Lions ODI at Leicester

SA v ENG Lions, Practice Match, Leicester: South Africa thrash England Lions in warm-up match

South Africa warmed up for next week's Twenty20 international against England with a four-wicket win over the England Lions at Grace Road on Thursday.
England Lions face South Africa again at Derby on Saturday, when they will be led by Middlesex's Ed Joyce, before the tourists start the one-day series with a Twenty20 International against England at Chester-le-Street next Wednesday. The tourists, who did not field captain Graeme Smith, all-rounder Jacques Kallis, seamer Morne Morkel and wicketkeeper Mark Boucher, got the required runs with 11 overs remaining in this first warm-up match against the Lions.
Lions captain Rob Key, whose side have six members of England's one-day squad, said: "That was pretty much a drubbing really and that's not a true reflection of the two sides - I think we're a better side than that. "Whoever you're playing for, it's always disappointed to get beaten like that when you know you should have done better because you walk off the field thinking we mucked up today and it should have been a lot tighter than that.
"We're probably more used to that sort of pitch than those guys are. It was a little damp in the morning but even so we should have been a little bit smarter with bat and ball."
Put into bat, the Lions were dismissed for a lowly 184 with captain Key top-scoring with 51 and Herschelle Gibbs effectively settled the issue with a patient 81 off 104 balls, which included six fours and a six, for their final score of 185-6.

SA v ENG Lions, Practice Match, Leicester: South Africa 185 for 6 (38.4 overs) beat England Lions 184 all out (46.5 overs) by 4 wickets

South Africa vs England Cricket Series 2008

South Africa v England Lions ODI at Leicester

Score Card

England Lions Innings 184 all out (46.5 overs)

South Africa Innings 185 for 6 (38.4 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Denly		b Steyn	10	22	1	0
Shah	c A Morkel	b Philander	27	36	4	0
Key		b Ntini	51	62	7	1
Bopara	run out		23	40	1	0
Prior	lbw	b Nel	1	4	0	0
Patel	c Duminy	b Nel	0	1	0	0
Wright	c de Villiers	b Steyn	29	41	5	0
Tredwell	not out		19	51	2	0
K Ali		b Ntini	8	15	0	0
Tremlett		b Ntini	2	8	0	0
Kirby		b Steyn	0	4	0	0
Extras		3nb 9w 2lb	14
Total		all out	184	(46.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Steyn 8.5 3 27 3 Ntini 10.0 2 48 3 Philander 8.0 1 34 1 Nel 10.0 1 42 2 Botha 10.0 0 31 0

Fall of wicket   21 Denly 58 Shah 107 Bopara 108 Prior 108 Patel 136 Key 150 Wright 174 K Ali 179 Tremlett 184 Kirby

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gibbs	c Prior	b Wright	81	104	6	1
Amla	c Bopara	b Kirby	8	12	1	0
Ontong	lbw	b K Ali	1	5	0	0
de Villiers	c Key	b Bopara	24	37	3	0
Duminy		b Wright	23	37	1	0
A Morkel		b Kirby	14	18	2	0
Philander	not out		4	9	0	0
Botha	not out		6	13	1	0
Extras		3nb 12w 2b 7lb	24
Total		for 6	185	(38.4 ovs)

Bowler O M R W K Ali 7.0 1 22 1 Kirby 8.0 1 38 2 Tremlett 5.0 0 31 0 Bopara 4.0 0 16 1 Tredwell 5.0 0 22 0 Patel 5.0 0 25 0 Wright 4.4 0 22 2

Fall of wicket   31 Amla 39 Ontong 88 de Villiers 154 Gibbs 171 Duminy 173 A Morkel

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Umpires: R K Illingworth, R A Kettleborough
England Lions: Denly, Shah, Key, Bopara, Prior, Patel, Wright, Tredwell, K Ali, Tremlett, Kirby
South Africa: Gibbs, Amla, Ontong, de Villiers, Duminy, A Morkel, Philander, Botha, Steyn, Nel, Ntini