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India vs Sri Lanka Day 4 Highlights 2nd Test | Kanpur
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Watch cricket highlights: India vs Sri Lanka Day 4 of the 2nd Test at Kanpur played on November 27, 2009.
New Zealand vs Pakistan 1st Test Day 3 Highlights
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Watch cricket highlights: New Zealand vs Pakistan 1st Test Day 3 from Dunedin played on November 26, 2009.
India vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Day 3 Highlights Kanpur
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Watch cricket highlights: India vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Day 3 at Kanpur played on November 26, 2009.
Australia vs West Indies 1st Test Highlights Day 1
Watch cricket highlights: Australia vs West Indies 1st Test Day 1 from Brisbane played on November 26, 2009.
Pakistan vs New Zealand 1st Test Day 2 Highlights
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Scoreline: NZ 404/8. Rain takes out most of the day’s play. Vettori out on 99, McCullum 78
Sri Lanka vs India 2nd Test Highlights Day 2
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Watch cricket highlights: Sri Lanka vs India 2nd Test, Day 2 from Kanpur played on November 25, 2009.
Scoreline: India 642 all out Rahul Dravid 144, VVS Laxman 63, Yuvraj Singh 67 | Rangana Herath 5 wickets
SL (1st Inn) 66/1
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England vs South Africa 2nd T20 Cricket Highlights 15th November 2009
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England vs South Africa 2nd ODI Cricket Highlights 22nd November 2009
South Africa vs England 2nd ODI Highlights | Centurion
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Watch cricket highlights: South Africa vs England, the 2nd ODI played at SuperSport Park, Centurion on November 22, 2009.
Scoreline: South Africa 250/9 Alviro Petersen 64 (65), Amla 57 (72) | Anderson 3
England win comfortably in 46 overs Paul Collingwood 105 (110), Jonathan Trott 87 (119)
When Trott scored his hundred on debut during the Ashes, it seemed almost obligatory to applaud him cursorily, in the hope that you could safely ignore him in future. But every time he’s played international cricket since, it’s pretty hard to do that, especially when you’re making highlights. I mean, for years I opted to ignore Collingwood most of the time he batted, but when you’re forced to watch Collingwood bat (for example, while making highlights) you slowly learn to appreciate the value he adds to a team that has for a while now been the object of ridicule in limited over cricket (doesn’t hold good anymore ever since KP returned and Morgan entered the middle/lower order – must do a video on him one of these days).
India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Day 5 Highlights
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Watch cricket highlights: India vs Sri Lanka, Day 5 of the 1st Test played at Ahmedabad on November 20, 2009.
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India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Day 4 Highlights
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Watch cricket highlights: India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test, Day 4 from Ahmedabad played on November 19, 2009.
Scoreline: SL 760/7 declared – Lead by 334: Mahela 275, Prasanna 154 no Extras 45 (29 w+nb+byes)
India 190/2 Gambhir 74 no, Sehwag 51, Dravid 38
Sri Lanka repay India’s defensive tactics on Day 3 in kind on Day 4. Not sure if too many people care about history, but you’d think that the fact that SL were on the verge of winning their first ever test in India would have hastened their play while batting and not set relatively defensive fields (even when Amit Sharma was batting). They might still go on to win the test in the remaining 3 sessions, but if India bat out tomorrow, many would agree that it serves SL right.
India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Day 4 Highlights
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Watch cricket highlights: India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test, Day 4 from Ahmedabad played on November 19, 2009.
India vs Sri Lanka Day 3 1st Test Highlights
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Watch cricket highlights: India vs Sri Lanka Day 3 of the 1st Test being played at Ahmedabad.
Scoreline: Sri Lanka 591/5 Mahela Jayawardene 204 no, Prasanna Jayawardene 84 no, Samaraweera 70
Even the listless Indian bowling and general demeanour in the field can’t take away from the class and significance (which often is one of the traits associated with a Mahela big knock). On a cursory level it might appear to be a knock that slowed up in its later half through defensive/negative tactics by India and physical exhaustion (as mentioned by Mahela postmatch). But its first 30 runs yesterday, set itself up by intimidation through use-of-feet against the spinners, resulting in a dispersed field right through today.
When Dravid was culling out his 170 odd, he was kept interested by the Lankan bowlers who looked at least keen when they turned up for a new spell. In contrast, Mahela looked almost bored at times today.
Sri Lanka vs India 1st Test Highlights Day 2
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Watch cricket highlights: Sri Lanka vs India 1st Test, Day 2 from Ahmedabad, played on November 17, 2009.
Scoreline: India 426 all out | Sri Lanka 275/3 Tilakaratne Dilshan 112 (133) | Mahela 36 no, Samaraweera 45 no – Zaheer Khan 2 wickets
Dilshan has had a mild dip in ignore in other ignoreats in the last few games he’s played. So what. Did anyone think they were onto something?
There was enough in the final session for the spinners and with Mahela at the wicket and Samaraweera’s current ignore, this game looks like it has a result attached to it. The morning session tomorrow could well indicate which side it favours.
India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Highlights Day 1
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Watch cricket highlights: India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test, Day 1 from Ahmedabad played on November 16, 2009.
Scoreline: India 385/6 Rahul Dravid 177 n.o. (251), MS Dhoni 110 (159), Yuvraj Singh 68 (93) | Chanaka Welegedara 3 wickets
Simply put, a beautiful test innings by Dravid harking back to the 2001-2004 period of his career when he was at his fluent best. Not often that you have a 170 odd with only a couple of semi-half chances given to the fielding side.
South Africa vs England 2nd T20 Highlights
Watch cricket highlights: South Africa vs England, the 2nd T20 played at Centurion on November 15, 2009.
Net connection just got restored – Highlights can be viewed starting 17:30 GMT
Pakistan vs New Zealand 1st T20 | Dubai
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Watch highlights: Pakistan vs New Zealand – the 1st T20 played in Dubai on November 12, 2009.
Scoreline: Pakistan 161/8 Imran Nazir 58 (38), Razzq 26 (15), Afridi 24 (16) | Shane Bond 4-1-17-2, Southee 4-28-3
NZ 112 all out
Maybe there’s something about Neil Broom domestically, but he’s been for all practical purposes one of the big beneficiaries of the injury phenomenon that has plagued NZ over the last year. For Pakistan however, two of their best (Nazir, Tanvir) made a super return while Fawad Alam seems a Ravindra Jadeja kind of befuddling choice.
Over the last year, Ross Taylor has been central to NZ’s chances in most games, but with him having a rare dip, it appears that all now rests with McCullum unless the glorious uncertainty that is Martin Guptill opts to differ.
Apart from the T20 Champions playing like that and the Aamer-for-captain/opener banners, also noteworthy was the straight face maintained by the NZ physio as she walked a groin-induced waddling Redmond out of the ground.
India vs Australia 7th ODI Highlights
Watch highlights:India vs Australia 7th ODI to be played on November 11, 2009.
Update: Match called off due to rain. Good time to go have a stinky bath.
Rain could put off the game but let’s see how this turns out. Not much will be missed anyhow considering the series is done and dusted apart from looking forward to individual players.
New Zealand vs Pakistan 3rd ODI Highlights
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Watch highlights: New Zealand vs Pakistan – the 3rd ODI played at Abu Dhabi on November 9, 2009.
Scoreline: NZ 211 all out: McCullum 76 (78), Ross Taylor 44 (69) | Saeed Ajmal 10-33-4, Afridi 10-33-1, Aamer 2
Pakistan 204 all out: Mohammed Aamer 73 (81), Ajmal 33 (44) | Southee 10-26-2, Oram 9.1-2-20-3
Everything you love about watching the Pakistan team play cricket across a series or two rolled into one incredible game. NZ as a team has been a personal favourite for a while but if Aamer/Ajmal were able to get over the line, it would have been the perfect response to all the allegations in recent times about a team that’s the T20 World Cup champions and a Champions Trophy semifinalist (not sure if that counts, but anyhow). There have been teams that have been revered for far less.
England Tour Of South Africa 2009-10 Highlights
Watch highlights from England’s 2009-2010 tour of South Africa between November 13, 2009 and January 18, 2010, which includes 2 T20s, 5 ODIs and 4 Tests.
Fixtures:
T20s
Nov 13
16:00 GMT – 1st T20
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Nov 15
12:30 GMT – 2nd T20
SuperSport Park, Centurion
ODIs
Nov 20
1st ODI – 12:30 GMT
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Nov 22
2nd ODI – 08:00 GMT
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Nov 27
3rd ODI – 12:30 GMT
Newlands, Cape Town
Nov 29
4th ODI – 08:00 GMT
Port Elizabeth
Dec 4
5th ODI – 12:30 GMT
Kingsmead, Durban
Tests
Dec 16 – Dec 20
1st Test – 08:30 GMT
SuperSport Park, Centurion
New Zealand vs Pakistan 3rd ODI Highlights
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Post Match
Watch highlights: New Zealand vs Pakistan – the 3rd ODI played at Abu Dhabi on November 9, 2009.
Scoreline: NZ 211 all out: McCullum 76 (78), Ross Taylor 44 (69) | Saeed Ajmal 10-33-4, Afridi 10-33-1, Aamer 2
Pakistan 204 all out: Mohammed Aamer 73 (81), Ajmal 33 (44) | Southee 10-26-2, Oram 9.1-2-20-3
Everything you love about watching the Pakistan team play cricket across a series or two rolled into one incredible game. NZ as a team has been a personal favourite for a while but if Aamer/Ajmal were able to get over the line, it would have been the perfect response to all the allegations in recent times about a team that’s the T20 World Cup champions and a Champions Trophy semifinalist (not sure if that counts, but anyhow). There have been teams that have been revered for far less.
Australia vs India 6th ODI Highlights
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Watch cricket highlights: Australia vs India – the 6th ODI played at Guwahati on November 8, 2009.
Scoreline: India 170 all out Praveen Kumar 54 (51), Ravindra Jadeja 57 (103) | Doug Bollinger 10-4-35-5, Mitchell Johnson 3
Aus get there fairly comfortable in the 42nd over: Shane Watson 49 (49), Mike Hussey 35 no (62) | Harbhajan 10-1-23-2
Just that opening over of Johnson was enough to dispel all talk (if any) regarding his ignore. You add to it the fact that barring a caning in the 3rd ODI he’s had Sehwag in a tight grip all series and most would regard this as a good series for him.
Australia vs India 6th ODI Highlights
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Watch cricket highlights: Australia vs India – the 6th ODI played at Guwahati on November 8, 2009.
Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 2nd ODI Highlights
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Watch cricket highlights: Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 2nd ODI played on October 29, 2009.
Scoreline: Zimbabwe 219 all out Waller 40, Masakadza 34, Chibhabha 39, Taibu 38 | Abdur Razzak 5 wickets
Bangladesh win 29.3: Shakib Al Hasan 105 (69) no, Raqibul 39 no
Australia vs India 3rd ODI Highlights
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Watch cricket highlights: India vs Australia 3rd ODI played on October 31, 2009 at Delhi.
Scoreline Aus 229/5 Mike Hussey 81 (82), Ricky Ponting 59 (92), Watson 41 (59)
India win in the 49th over: Yuvraj SIngh 78 (96), MS Dhoni 71 (95), Tendulkar 32
India vs Australia 4th ODI Highlights
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Watch cricket highlights: the 4th ODI – India vs Australia played on November 2, 2009 at Mohali.
Scoreline: Aus 250 all out Cameron White 62, Ponting 52, Watson 49, Hussey 40
India 226 all out | Tendulkar 40, Sehwag 30 (19) | Watson, Bollinger 3 each
Pakistan vs New Zealand 2nd ODI Highlights
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Watch cricket highlights: Pakistan vs New Zealand – the 2nd ODI played on November 6, 2009.
Sachin Tendulkar 175 vs Australia | Hyderabad 2009
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Scoreline: 175 (141) in a total of 347. 19×4, 4×6
Most Sachin fans would probably regard his 143 at Sharjah vs Australia – the sandstorm match – as his best in ODI cricket. India lost that game too but his knock ensured a place in the Final on that occasion. So no one really cared about the result.
Tendulkar fans on their own rarely give a damn about whether India wins or not, but it’s the cynical oh-he-can’t-finish-a-game barbs from the fringe wankers that makes one desperately crave for a result/purpose to be attached to any Tendulkar innings. Personally, through most of the ’90s, I rarely watched India bat once Tendulkar got out. And then I grew older and among other garbs, donned the enjoy-the-game one that acquired pretentious proportions whenever Tendulkar had had a bad day.
So how good was this knock. Memory can be unreliable and so comparing your excitement levels in two games on either end of a decade can be fuzzy. Especially when hormones existed in your body only during one of those games. The Australian bowling attack in the 1998 game had relatively better names – Warne in particular bowled super despite going wicketless. But I doubt they bowled any better than McKay, Watson, Bollinger, Hilfenhaus and Hauritz did in this particular game. In fact, Watson handled Tendulkar’s stepping-out attempts to Kasprowicz him, much better. You add a higher total to the chase and I’d think this is his best ever in ODIs (thus far).
It’s been 24 hours since the Tendulkar knock happened. With clarity slowly returning – who cares about the result. We never really did.
Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 4th ODI Highlights
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India vs Australia 5th ODI Highlights
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Cricket Highlights: Pakistan V New Zealand - 1St ODI - 11/3/2009 7:27:20 PM
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Shahid Afirid shone with both bat and ball as Pakistan took a 1-0 lead by beating New Zealand by 138 runs in the first ODI at Abu Dhabi Stadium here on Tuesday. The all-rounder smashed a blistering 50-ball 70 and then took two for 46 in his 10 overs. Chasing 288, New Zealand were bowled out for 149 in 39.2 overs after Afridi, Kamran Akmal and Khalid Latif hit half-centuries to help Pakistan reach 287-9. The New Zealand chase never got off the block as Umar Gul set the pace for Pakistan early by sending back Brendon McCullum (21) and Martin Guptill (five) early. Ross Taylor (zero) and Scott Styris (five), making a return to the national side, too disappointed the Kiwis. Opener Aaron Redmond (52) held one end up and with skipper Daniel Vettori (38) stitched a responsible 69-run stand before falling leg before to Saeed Ajmal. An Afridi double blow off consecutive balls hastened the inevitable as Vettori and Nathan McCullum walked back with New Zealand reeling at 139-7.
Pakistan captain Younis Khan after winning the toss opted to bat first to be jolted by a roaring opening overs by Shane Bond that trimmed down Pakistan opening stand as Salman Butt edged back to Brendon McCullum for a four-ball duck. Younis was the next man back in hut without ticking score, caught behind off Bond for three-ball duck. Mohammad Yousuf, who was looking set for a big score, lost his wicket to a run-out for 30, followed by Umar Akmal – whose stumps were knock off by Daniel Vettori. Meanwhile Latif was steady and more intense in building his innings added 101 runs partnership with Shahid Afridi for fifth wicket stand earlier features another 57-run partnership with Mohamamd Yousaf to recover from a precarious 2-0. Afridi batted for a brisk innings before Jacob Oram accounted him as Ian Butler made no mistake with the catch at short fine leg position. Latif in the meantime completed his first 50 off 93 balls with the help of 2 fours however dislodged by skipper Vettori.
Kamran's then launched a brutal counter attacks and added 86 off just 37 balls for the seventh wicket with Abdul Razzaq, who made 20-ball 26 before Scott Styris grabbed a skied by Razzaq off Butler. Akmal however remained unbeaten hit four sixes in his 67 off 43 balls. An embarrassing capitulation by New Zealand in the opening one day international against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi. The Black Caps have been beaten by 138 runs, after an abysmal performance with the bat. After losing the toss and fielding first, New Zealand grabbed two quick wickets to leave Pakistan reeling at none for two in the third over. Ball continued to dominate bat with the Black Caps still in charge in the 24th over - the home side struggling at 75 for four. The second one dayer is in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
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Shahid Afirid shone with both bat and ball as Pakistan took a 1-0 lead by beating New Zealand by 138 runs in the first ODI at Abu Dhabi Stadium here on Tuesday. The all-rounder smashed a blistering 50-ball 70 and then took two for 46 in his 10 overs. Chasing 288, New Zealand were bowled out for 149 in 39.2 overs after Afridi, Kamran Akmal and Khalid Latif hit half-centuries to help Pakistan reach 287-9. The New Zealand chase never got off the block as Umar Gul set the pace for Pakistan early by sending back Brendon McCullum (21) and Martin Guptill (five) early. Ross Taylor (zero) and Scott Styris (five), making a return to the national side, too disappointed the Kiwis. Opener Aaron Redmond (52) held one end up and with skipper Daniel Vettori (38) stitched a responsible 69-run stand before falling leg before to Saeed Ajmal. An Afridi double blow off consecutive balls hastened the inevitable as Vettori and Nathan McCullum walked back with New Zealand reeling at 139-7.
Pakistan captain Younis Khan after winning the toss opted to bat first to be jolted by a roaring opening overs by Shane Bond that trimmed down Pakistan opening stand as Salman Butt edged back to Brendon McCullum for a four-ball duck. Younis was the next man back in hut without ticking score, caught behind off Bond for three-ball duck. Mohammad Yousuf, who was looking set for a big score, lost his wicket to a run-out for 30, followed by Umar Akmal – whose stumps were knock off by Daniel Vettori. Meanwhile Latif was steady and more intense in building his innings added 101 runs partnership with Shahid Afridi for fifth wicket stand earlier features another 57-run partnership with Mohamamd Yousaf to recover from a precarious 2-0. Afridi batted for a brisk innings before Jacob Oram accounted him as Ian Butler made no mistake with the catch at short fine leg position. Latif in the meantime completed his first 50 off 93 balls with the help of 2 fours however dislodged by skipper Vettori.
Kamran's then launched a brutal counter attacks and added 86 off just 37 balls for the seventh wicket with Abdul Razzaq, who made 20-ball 26 before Scott Styris grabbed a skied by Razzaq off Butler. Akmal however remained unbeaten hit four sixes in his 67 off 43 balls. An embarrassing capitulation by New Zealand in the opening one day international against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi. The Black Caps have been beaten by 138 runs, after an abysmal performance with the bat. After losing the toss and fielding first, New Zealand grabbed two quick wickets to leave Pakistan reeling at none for two in the third over. Ball continued to dominate bat with the Black Caps still in charge in the 24th over - the home side struggling at 75 for four. The second one dayer is in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
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