Sunday, 12 February 2012

England Vs Pakistan 2012 Live Streaming - ODI Series

England Vs Pakistan 2012 Live Streaming

England takes on Pakistan in an ODI series after suffering a 3-0 whitewash in the test series. England would be eager to turn tables on Pakistan in this format of the game. Meanwhile Pakistan would love to extend their domination even in 50 overs format.


England captain Alastair Cook has assured that they will leave the sour memories of test series behind and give their best in this ODI series. According to the recent form, Pakistan has won all their last 5 ODIs whereas England has lost their last 5 ODI encounters.


Two bowlers which can provide us some entertainment are Shahid Afridi and Steven Finn. Afridi claimed 5 wickets in the warm up match against Afghanistan and he will be the biggest boost for Pakistan. Steven Finn has always been impressive with his quick bowling.


Pietersen is likely to open innings with Cook whereas Kieswetter will move down the batting order. Pakistan may pitch in just one quick bowler viz. Umar Gul as they would love to trouble England with their main strength which is spin bowling. 


The pitch here in UAE will probably be more supportive to the spinners and hence Pakistan can make the most out of it. England batsmen would need to provide a lot of resistance and keep the score board ticking. England has a point to prove here after 3-0 defeat in the test series.

England Vs Pakistan 2012 Live Streaming - ODI Series

England Vs Pakistan 2012 Live Streaming



England takes on Pakistan in an ODI series after suffering a 3-0 whitewash in the test series. England would be eager to turn tables on Pakistan in this format of the game. Meanwhile Pakistan would love to extend their domination even in 50 overs format.


England captain Alastair Cook has assured that they will leave the sour memories of test series behind and give their best in this ODI series. According to the recent form, Pakistan has won all their last 5 ODIs whereas England has lost their last 5 ODI encounters.


Two bowlers which can provide us some entertainment are Shahid Afridi and Steven Finn. Afridi claimed 5 wickets in the warm up match against Afghanistan and he will be the biggest boost for Pakistan. Steven Finn has always been impressive with his quick bowling.


Pietersen is likely to open innings with Cook whereas Kieswetter will move down the batting order. Pakistan may pitch in just one quick bowler viz. Umar Gul as they would love to trouble England with their main strength which is spin bowling. 


The pitch here in UAE will probably be more supportive to the spinners and hence Pakistan can make the most out of it. England batsmen would need to provide a lot of resistance and keep the score board ticking. England has a point to prove here after 3-0 defeat in the test series.

Friday, 10 February 2012

India vs Australia Live Streaming - CB Series Match 4

India vs Australia Live Streaming

Match Update - India beats Australia


No idea but somehow a small ray of hope can be seen in the eyes of Indian fans. Somehow they feel India would clinch match number 4 of CB Series, even though Australia is on the top with 2 wins out of 2 matches.


Probably just like Australia even the Indian team is now high on confidence after beating Srilanka. Sachin achieved his rhythm back and again Kohli played well to be the highest scorer so far in CB Series. If Sehwag or Gambhir clicks to join the party, then Indian batting looks really dangerous.


As far as bowling is concerned apart from the run leakage in 1st match, Indian bowlers were pretty tight against the Srilankans. Something similar is expected from there here at Adelaide. Zaheer Khan was unplayable at times and he needs to maintain his same line and length throughout the series.


Two wins in two matches with a bonus point in first match strengthens the Australian position on the points table. India stands 2nd with one win against Srilanka. Clarke very well said that they need to play better cricket in every game as they are playing against the two finalists of World Cup.


Australian bowling lineup so far has looked very good with Doherty, Christain, Starc and Harris handling things very well. Batting on the top order is a bit of worry. Otherwise the middle order has provided a strong resistance to the opposition and posted winning totals. Ricky Ponting needs a good performance in ODIs to seal his place in the squad. He didn't succeed in the initial two matches and who knows this could be his day.


Something regarding the venue - Adelaide Oval is also the home ground of South Australia and holds a capacity of around 30000 plus spectator. If we consider the straight boundaries, they are long and hence we may not see straight sixes. But sixes would be visible square of the wickets where the boundaries are comparatively shorter.


This picturesque cricket venue promises a toughly fought match between India and Australia.

Thursday, 9 February 2012

Australia vs Sri Lanka Live - CB Series Match 3

Aus vs SL Live


Match Update - Australia beats Srilanka


The host Australia take on Sri Lanka in the 3rd match of CB Series. So far Australia is on the top of the points table with a win over India, whereas India is on 2nd position with a win over Srilanka. So Srilanka would be the most eager team here to register a win and match shoulders with the other two teams.


Srilankan team has seen major changes including change in captaincy, coach and administration. So a win is a must to create a kind of self belief in this reformed team. Malinga provides a lot of comfort to a captain, provided he gets the desired fielding arrangement. Jayawardene looked a bit haphazard in fielding arrangements in match against India at Perth.


Still the Perth wickets stays bouncy and helpful for the bowlers. Team winning the toss may be enticed to bowl first to extract the early help offered by pitch to the quickies. Spinners will certainly get help in the later stages of the game. We can expect similar pitch behaviour that we saw in India vs Srilanka match.


Jayawardene agreed to the fact that Australia has a very good batting lineup and they need a very firm plan to be the better team in this match. Srilanka has some fond memories of ODI cricket in Australia because last time when they visited here, they clinched the bilateral ODI series. Jayawardene knows that they need to go after the Australian bowling attack to put pressure from the word go.


A lot relies on the shoulders of Jayawardene, Dilshan and Sangakarra as far as the batting department is concerned. We can expect a close one between these two teams as we know the fighting spirit of Srilankans and "not to let go anything" kind of spirit of the home team.

Tuesday, 7 February 2012

India Vs Srilanka Live Streaming - CB Series Match 2

India Vs Srilanka Live Streaming 21st Feb

India takes on Sri Lanka in Match 2 of CB Series. These two teams faced each other in the World Cup final before this which turned out to be a cliff hanger. India clinched a win to lift World Cup earlier this year. Lately these two teams have been criticised a lot for their bad form. So both the teams would be eager to win this one here at Perth.


India has already lost the 1st match to Australia and now they can't afford another loss here. That would make things harder for MS Dhoni as this would compel India to win more in the later stages of this series. India has already faced a lot of criticism after the test series and things aren't getting an easier for them. We can expect some major changes in the team once they finish this tour of Australia.


Something that has been very common nowadays is failure of India's batting order with top order not making a mark at all. A lot relies on Sachin, Dhoni, Raina, etc. On the other even the bowling department has not been impressive. Match 1 - Bowlers leaked a lot of runs which ultimately landed the team against a daunting target.


Sri Lanka has made a lot of changes to their team alongwith a new captain as well. Jayawardene returns to the role of captaincy. Dilshan would be more dangerous as he is released from the captaincy role and Malinga would be a big attraction in bowling line up.


Asian cricket fans would be a lot interested in this face off. A good game of cricket awaits us as World Cup winners take on the World Cup runners up.

Monday, 6 February 2012

Pakistan Vs England Day 4 of 3rd Test Live Updates

Pak Vs Eng Live Streaming

England has faced a nightmare in this test series losing first two test matches. Being the top ranked team in ICC test rankings a lot was expected from England. Pakistani team has shown great signs of early revival as they are performing pretty good recently at international level.


Third test has entered into an interesting stage where England is trying to chase a not so easy total. A win here will help them regain some pride and reduce the losing margin to 1-2. We are into day 4 here at Dubai International cricket stadium where England is chasing a total of 324 to win this match.


Pakistan were bowled out for 99 runs with Shafiq being the highest scorer - 45 runs. This marked a good comeback of England in this series. Broad clinched 4 whereas Anderson took 3 wickets. In reply England wasn't too impressive as they were bowled out for 141. Strauss scored 56 and Pieterson scored 32. Rest all disappointed as Rehman clinched 5 wickets.


Pakistan looked good in 2nd innings as they scored 365 with brilliant tons from Azhar Ali (156) and Younis Khan (127). Panesar took 5 wickets and England were set a target of 324 to win. We are already into day 4 leaving enough time to produce a result in this match. Momentum can swing either ways so match stays interesting!

Saturday, 4 February 2012

CB Series Live - India vs Australia 1st ODI

India vs Australia Live Streaming


After a relieving win in the 2nd t20, now we move ahead for a long CB series which comprise of ODI matches to be played between India, Australia and Sri Lanka. India bowls first against Australia here at MCG. India is led by MS Dhoni and Australia is led by Michael Clarke.


India lacked some young energy in test series which has been filled in since the t20 series. After a long drought of wins abroad, finally India managed to clinch a win in 2nd t20 to boost their confidence. The biggest contribution in that win came from the fielding department which was described as "probably the best fielding effort I have seen" by Dhoni.


Sachin Tendulkar will be seen playing the ODI cricket for the first time after World Cup. He again gets an opportunity here to complete his 100th International ton. This tri nation series becomes more exciting with a fact that teams participating has an ODI champion (India), 4 times world cup winner (Australia) and world cup final runner up (Sri Lanka).


Three big teams will make this CB series  more exciting than expected. The long tournament gives teams enough time to bounce back, if they lose few earlier matches. But looking at the strength of these teams, we reckon none of them would like to have a bad start in this series.


Last time when India played a tri series in Australia, we saw the same three teams featuring in and India clinched that tri series beating Australia in best of three finals. India will certainly look ahead to repeat the feat by starting with a win first here at MCG today.


The weather may play a spoilsport today as there is a forecast of wet patches throughout the day.