Australia Vs Pakistan: U-19 World Cup Final
Source: Cricket Nirvana
Australia defeated Pakistan in the U-19 World Cup Final in Christchurch on January 30. The two times U-19 champions Pakistan couldn't play well enough on the final day to lift the cup.
Australia started their innings not so well with their first 5 wickets falling down just for 82 runs. Kane Richardson scored a solid 44 to take Australia past the 200 mark. Australia managed a low but challenging total of 207 for 9 wickets in their quota of 50 overs.
Pakistan replied with a steady start of 110 runs in 30 overs for the loss of 4 wickets. But they couldn't capitalise from here on and ultimately ended up on 182 all out. They lost the final by 25 runs.
Josh Hazlewood, Australian fast bowler was declared Man of the Match for his 4 wickets at an expense of 30 runs.
Saturday 30 January 2010
Friday 29 January 2010
India Vs SouthAfrica Series: Dravid, Yuvraj ruled out
Source: Cricket Nirvana
Indian team for the first test match has been declared. The national selectors have declared that Rahul Dravid & Yuvraj Singh won't be able to play this test series due to injuries.
Yuvraj is suffering from a ligament tear on his left wrist while Dravid sustained two hairline fractures in his cheekbone.
VVS Laxman, S Badrinath (Tamil Nadu Batsman), Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper) and Abhimanyu Mithun (pace bowler) are included in the squad.
Complete Squad for first test
Indian team for the first test match has been declared. The national selectors have declared that Rahul Dravid & Yuvraj Singh won't be able to play this test series due to injuries.
Yuvraj is suffering from a ligament tear on his left wrist while Dravid sustained two hairline fractures in his cheekbone.
VVS Laxman, S Badrinath (Tamil Nadu Batsman), Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper) and Abhimanyu Mithun (pace bowler) are included in the squad.
Complete Squad for first test
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Zaheer Khan shines as India beats Bangladesh to win the series 2-0
Source: Cricket Nirvana
Zaheer Khan flattened the host Bangladesh with his seven wickets in the 2nd innings as Bangladesh were bowled out for 312 in the second innings. With a negligible target of 2 runs, India won the match with ten wickets in hand.
Earlier today Bangladesh looked compact with Ashraful batting sensibly but Zaheer Khan's incredible bowling spell lead to a dramatic decline of Bangladeshi batting line up. He took 10 wickets in total in this match with 7 wickets for 87 runs in the second innings.
With this win India clinch the series 2-0 and will take on South Africa in a much awaited test series when the two top teams will battle on for the unofficially titled World Championship of Cricket Test series.
India Bangladesh Scorecard
India Bangladesh Video highlights
Zaheer Khan flattened the host Bangladesh with his seven wickets in the 2nd innings as Bangladesh were bowled out for 312 in the second innings. With a negligible target of 2 runs, India won the match with ten wickets in hand.
Earlier today Bangladesh looked compact with Ashraful batting sensibly but Zaheer Khan's incredible bowling spell lead to a dramatic decline of Bangladeshi batting line up. He took 10 wickets in total in this match with 7 wickets for 87 runs in the second innings.With this win India clinch the series 2-0 and will take on South Africa in a much awaited test series when the two top teams will battle on for the unofficially titled World Championship of Cricket Test series.
India Bangladesh Scorecard
India Bangladesh Video highlights
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Tamim Iqbal hits the fastest test century for Bangladesh
Source: Cricket Nirvana
India Vs Bangladesh
Tamim Iqbal hit a splendid century against India which is the fastest century by any Bangladeshi batsman in Test Cricket. This is his 2nd test century and first by any Bangladeshi opening batsmen against India. Tamim was out on a duck in the first innings but he has fought back really hard to hit an aggressive ton in the second innings.
Earlier today India declared their innings on 544 for 8 wickets with MS Dhoni scoring 89. India gained a lead of 311 in the first innings but Bangladeshi batsmen have responded quiet well. After the early loss of Imrul Kayes, Tamim Iqbal took charge and scored fastest test ton for Bangladesh. Junaid Siddique has supported him well after the loss of Kayes.
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India Vs Bangladesh
Tamim Iqbal hit a splendid century against India which is the fastest century by any Bangladeshi batsman in Test Cricket. This is his 2nd test century and first by any Bangladeshi opening batsmen against India. Tamim was out on a duck in the first innings but he has fought back really hard to hit an aggressive ton in the second innings.
Earlier today India declared their innings on 544 for 8 wickets with MS Dhoni scoring 89. India gained a lead of 311 in the first innings but Bangladeshi batsmen have responded quiet well. After the early loss of Imrul Kayes, Tamim Iqbal took charge and scored fastest test ton for Bangladesh. Junaid Siddique has supported him well after the loss of Kayes.
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India Vs Southafrica live cricket streaming on Cricket Nirvana
India Vs SouthAfrica WCC Test Series
Cricket Nirvana will bring you live cricket streaming of the much awaited India-South Africa Test series 2010. This test series is also known by the unofficial title – ‘World Championship of Cricket’ (WCC) , as India leads the ICC test rankings with number one position followed by South Africa on the second position. Both the teams have performed extremely well in the recent past to claim the top positions in the ICC ratings.
Cricket Nirvana will provide interactive scorecards, live streaming videos, video highlights, live cricket scores, news updates, images, expert columns and much more for the India Vs South Africa series.
South Africa has won five test series and lost one out of the seven series they played in the last two years. They managed to square the series (1-1) when they last visited India for a test series. On the other side India has blossomed under the captaincy of MS Dhoni who has never lost a test match being a captain. India has seen a much appreciable success in the last 18 months of test cricket winning series against Australia, Srilanka, NewZealand, etc and they deserve to be at the top of the ICC test rankings.
Cricket lovers couldn't have asked for a better treat for the new year.
India South Africa Test Series Fixtures:
The first test match is scheduled from 6-10 Feb (Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur)
The second test match is scheduled from 14-18 Feb (Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata)
Usefull links:
Click here for live cricket streaming of India South Africa 1st test
Live Scores
Cricket Nirvana will bring you live cricket streaming of the much awaited India-South Africa Test series 2010. This test series is also known by the unofficial title – ‘World Championship of Cricket’ (WCC) , as India leads the ICC test rankings with number one position followed by South Africa on the second position. Both the teams have performed extremely well in the recent past to claim the top positions in the ICC ratings.
Cricket Nirvana will provide interactive scorecards, live streaming videos, video highlights, live cricket scores, news updates, images, expert columns and much more for the India Vs South Africa series.
South Africa has won five test series and lost one out of the seven series they played in the last two years. They managed to square the series (1-1) when they last visited India for a test series. On the other side India has blossomed under the captaincy of MS Dhoni who has never lost a test match being a captain. India has seen a much appreciable success in the last 18 months of test cricket winning series against Australia, Srilanka, NewZealand, etc and they deserve to be at the top of the ICC test rankings.
Cricket lovers couldn't have asked for a better treat for the new year.
India South Africa Test Series Fixtures:
The first test match is scheduled from 6-10 Feb (Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur)
The second test match is scheduled from 14-18 Feb (Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata)
Usefull links:
Click here for live cricket streaming of India South Africa 1st test
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Monday 25 January 2010
Rahul Dravid retired hurt on 111 whereas Sachin Tendulkar scored 143 against Bangladesh
Source: Cricket Nirvana
India has almost batted out Bangladesh of the second test match with Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar displaying a great example of batting by hitting a ton each. The inexperienced Bangladeshi attack was hammared by the batting maestros as India scored a huge 459 for 5 in reply to Bangladeshi score of 233 in the first innings. At the end of day two India is leading by 226 runs after losing 5 wickets.
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Virendar Sehwag scored 56 while Gautam Gambhir scored 68. Gambhir looked set for hitting his 6th consecutive test century but he gloved the ball behind the wickets. He extended his superior form with his 11th consecutive half century in Tests and equaled Sir Vivian Richards in this record.
Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar shared a 222 runs partnership, their 17th 100 plus partnership which is a world record! Dravid found himself uncomfortable today against the short pitched bouncy deliveries. He was hit on the helmet while ducking a short ball from Shahadat Hossain. The blow was hard and Dravid was retired hurt when he was batting on 111.
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Mustafa Kamal, who visited Dravid at the hospital, confirmed that the Indian batsman has suffered two light fractures.
Sachin scored a brilliant 143 from 182 deliveries (his 45th test century). After the loss of Sachin's wicket, India lost the wicket of Murali Vijay who scored an impressive 30 runs. Harbhajan lost his wicket in the last over of the day while skipper MS Dhoni was still on the crease at stumps.
India has almost batted out Bangladesh of the second test match with Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar displaying a great example of batting by hitting a ton each. The inexperienced Bangladeshi attack was hammared by the batting maestros as India scored a huge 459 for 5 in reply to Bangladeshi score of 233 in the first innings. At the end of day two India is leading by 226 runs after losing 5 wickets.
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[/caption]Virendar Sehwag scored 56 while Gautam Gambhir scored 68. Gambhir looked set for hitting his 6th consecutive test century but he gloved the ball behind the wickets. He extended his superior form with his 11th consecutive half century in Tests and equaled Sir Vivian Richards in this record.
Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar shared a 222 runs partnership, their 17th 100 plus partnership which is a world record! Dravid found himself uncomfortable today against the short pitched bouncy deliveries. He was hit on the helmet while ducking a short ball from Shahadat Hossain. The blow was hard and Dravid was retired hurt when he was batting on 111.
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Mustafa Kamal, who visited Dravid at the hospital, confirmed that the Indian batsman has suffered two light fractures.
Sachin scored a brilliant 143 from 182 deliveries (his 45th test century). After the loss of Sachin's wicket, India lost the wicket of Murali Vijay who scored an impressive 30 runs. Harbhajan lost his wicket in the last over of the day while skipper MS Dhoni was still on the crease at stumps.
Saturday 23 January 2010
India Vs Bangladesh 2nd Test Live Streaming
Enjoy the live streaming of the India Bangladesh test series on Cricket Nirvana absolutely free along with an interactive scorecard which helps you watch videos including toss, pitch report and short match highlights.
India takes on Bangladesh in the 2nd test at Dhaka from 24th January 2010. India managed to beat Banglad
esh by 113 runs in the 1st test but Bangladesh had put the Indians in trouble on couple of occasions in the 1st test.
Laxman and Sreesanth will miss the second test due to injuries. Gambhir and Tendulkar have continued their great form by hitting brilliant centuries in the first test. Captain Dhoni and offspinner Harbhajan will return back to the team in the 2nd test. Captain Dhoni has refused to take Bangladesh lightly in the second test and they are ready to give their best to have a more convincing victory over Bangladesh.
India takes on Bangladesh in the 2nd test at Dhaka from 24th January 2010. India managed to beat Banglad
esh by 113 runs in the 1st test but Bangladesh had put the Indians in trouble on couple of occasions in the 1st test.Laxman and Sreesanth will miss the second test due to injuries. Gambhir and Tendulkar have continued their great form by hitting brilliant centuries in the first test. Captain Dhoni and offspinner Harbhajan will return back to the team in the 2nd test. Captain Dhoni has refused to take Bangladesh lightly in the second test and they are ready to give their best to have a more convincing victory over Bangladesh.
Latest ICC Test Rankings
Source: Cricket Nirvana
After the conclusion of India Vs Bangladesh 1st test match, there are few changes in the ICC ratings for Test Cricket. Gautum Gambhir who scored a brilliant ton in the second innings has strengthened his top position in ICC batsmen rankings. He leads the chart with 881 points, a big 38 points lead over second placed Graeme Smith.
Sachin Tendulkar, the man of the match in this test match, who scored his 44th test ton has moved to 13th position with 744 points. VVS Laxman has also gained two spots and is now placed on 15th position. Rahul Dravid has slipped down to 19th rank.
Harbhajan Singh is the only Indian bowler who is placed in the top 10. He is on the 6th position with 705 points. Ishant Sharma has also gained nine places in the latest rankings and now sits in 16th position.
ICC ratings
After the conclusion of India Vs Bangladesh 1st test match, there are few changes in the ICC ratings for Test Cricket. Gautum Gambhir who scored a brilliant ton in the second innings has strengthened his top position in ICC batsmen rankings. He leads the chart with 881 points, a big 38 points lead over second placed Graeme Smith.
Sachin Tendulkar, the man of the match in this test match, who scored his 44th test ton has moved to 13th position with 744 points. VVS Laxman has also gained two spots and is now placed on 15th position. Rahul Dravid has slipped down to 19th rank.
Harbhajan Singh is the only Indian bowler who is placed in the top 10. He is on the 6th position with 705 points. Ishant Sharma has also gained nine places in the latest rankings and now sits in 16th position.
ICC ratings
India crashed out of Under 19 World Cup by Pakistan
Source: Cricket Nirvana
Pakistan defeated the defending champion India in the super league quarterfinal of the ICC Under-19 cricket World Cup by two wickets to crash them out of the World Cup.
The match was reduced to a 23 overs encounter where Pakistan opted to bowl first and they reduced India to 114 for nine. The match went right down till the end where Pakistan somehow managed to topple the Indians with some good contributions by the late order batsmen. Rameez Aziz (28) and Hammad Azam (21 not out) contributed well down the order to ensure a win for Pakistan.
Pakistan takes on West Indies in the 1st Semi Final on Monday.
Pakistan defeated the defending champion India in the super league quarterfinal of the ICC Under-19 cricket World Cup by two wickets to crash them out of the World Cup.
The match was reduced to a 23 overs encounter where Pakistan opted to bowl first and they reduced India to 114 for nine. The match went right down till the end where Pakistan somehow managed to topple the Indians with some good contributions by the late order batsmen. Rameez Aziz (28) and Hammad Azam (21 not out) contributed well down the order to ensure a win for Pakistan.
Pakistan takes on West Indies in the 1st Semi Final on Monday.
Sunday 17 January 2010
South Africa square series against England
Fourth day of the fourth and final Test at the Wanderers Stadium on Sunday brought some moments to cheer about for South Africans. They had a series leveling victory against England who were leading the series before this match.
South Africa won by an innings and 74 runs when England were bowled out for 169 in their second innings in the last over before lunch. Morne Morkel took three wickets in seven balls and finished with figures of four for 59. He shared 14 wickets in the match with Dale Steyn. This match was actually dominated by fast bowlers.
Ultimately the series ended up in a leveling score of 1-1 with two matches with drawn result.
South After being the number two team in the ICC ratings for test cricket will now take on India (the top team in the ICC test rankings) in their next series.
South Africa Vs England Scorecard
South Africa won by an innings and 74 runs when England were bowled out for 169 in their second innings in the last over before lunch. Morne Morkel took three wickets in seven balls and finished with figures of four for 59. He shared 14 wickets in the match with Dale Steyn. This match was actually dominated by fast bowlers.
Ultimately the series ended up in a leveling score of 1-1 with two matches with drawn result.
South After being the number two team in the ICC ratings for test cricket will now take on India (the top team in the ICC test rankings) in their next series.
South Africa Vs England Scorecard
Thursday 7 January 2010
England manages to draw the third test match against South Africa
What a dramatic finish to the third test match between England and South Africa! This is the second time in this test series England has batted down till the last over of the 5th day in a test match and saved the match. Number 11 batsman Graham Onions batted out the last over for the second time in the series as England escaped with a draw on the fifth day of the third Test against South Africa at Newlands on Thursday.
England ended up the 5th day with a total of 296 for 9. When Paul Collingwood (40) and Ian Bell (78) batted together for almost four hours in a sixth wicket partnership it almost seemed that England will manage a comfortable draw. But England found themselves in trouble when Collingwood fell to part time off-spinner JP Duminy with more than 13 overs to go. Very soon England saw their wickets tumbling and they had just one wicket left in the end with 17 balls to go. But somehow Onions and Graeme Swann survived against Dale Steyn and Morkel and managed a draw.
The result meant England will go into the fourth and final Test in Johannesburg next Thursday with an unbeatable 1-0 lead.
Source: Cricket Nirvana
South Africa Vs England 3rd Test Scorecard
England ended up the 5th day with a total of 296 for 9. When Paul Collingwood (40) and Ian Bell (78) batted together for almost four hours in a sixth wicket partnership it almost seemed that England will manage a comfortable draw. But England found themselves in trouble when Collingwood fell to part time off-spinner JP Duminy with more than 13 overs to go. Very soon England saw their wickets tumbling and they had just one wicket left in the end with 17 balls to go. But somehow Onions and Graeme Swann survived against Dale Steyn and Morkel and managed a draw.
The result meant England will go into the fourth and final Test in Johannesburg next Thursday with an unbeatable 1-0 lead.
Source: Cricket Nirvana
South Africa Vs England 3rd Test Scorecard
Wednesday 6 January 2010
Australia Vs Pakistan: Aussies victorious at Sydney
Australia bundled out Pakistan for 139 and thus achieved an historic win in the Sydney Test. Pakistan were chasing a small target of 175 and finally they lost the match by just 36 runs. It was a very close encounter.
Australia's off-spinner Nathan Hauritz finished with a match-winning figure of 5 for 35. The inexperience of the Pakistan batting showed, as Bollinger (2-32), Hauritz (5-53) and Johnson (3-27) kept the pressure on at all times. The four dropped catches by Pakistani keeper Kamran Akmal, which included three on Tuesday from Hussey, also proved to be decisive.
Although in the first innings Australia were bowled out for just 127 when M.Asif took 6 wickets for 41 runs, still Australia managed to win this test match in the end. Pakistanis could just blame their poor shot selection in the last innings when they were chasing a small total of 175.
Australia takes on Pakistan in the third test match starting from 14th January 2010.
Source: Cricket Nirvana
Australia Vs Pakistan Scorecard
Australia's off-spinner Nathan Hauritz finished with a match-winning figure of 5 for 35. The inexperience of the Pakistan batting showed, as Bollinger (2-32), Hauritz (5-53) and Johnson (3-27) kept the pressure on at all times. The four dropped catches by Pakistani keeper Kamran Akmal, which included three on Tuesday from Hussey, also proved to be decisive.
Although in the first innings Australia were bowled out for just 127 when M.Asif took 6 wickets for 41 runs, still Australia managed to win this test match in the end. Pakistanis could just blame their poor shot selection in the last innings when they were chasing a small total of 175.
Australia takes on Pakistan in the third test match starting from 14th January 2010.
Source: Cricket Nirvana
Australia Vs Pakistan Scorecard
Monday 4 January 2010
Tri Series in Bangladesh: Dhoni hopefull to embark on the new year with success
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian Captain, will be aiming to open their new season ahead with a bang when they take on Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in an ODI cricket tri-series beginning on Monday. The tri series starts with Srilanka Vs Bangladesh on 4th January 2010.
India had an excellent cricketing year in 2009 with four series wins with the latest ODI series win against SriLanka in December 2009. India is currently placed on the second position in the ICC ratings for ODIs and if they manage to win all the matches of this tri series in Bangladesh, India would probably reach to the number one position.
Some useful links for the tri series:
Live Scores
Tri Series Updates
Tri Series Schedule
Tri Series Venues
Tri Series Stats
India had an excellent cricketing year in 2009 with four series wins with the latest ODI series win against SriLanka in December 2009. India is currently placed on the second position in the ICC ratings for ODIs and if they manage to win all the matches of this tri series in Bangladesh, India would probably reach to the number one position.
Some useful links for the tri series:
Live Scores
Tri Series Updates
Tri Series Schedule
Tri Series Venues
Tri Series Stats
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