Saturday, 30 January 2010

Australia beats Pakistan in the U-19 World Cup Final

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.

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

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.

Zaheer KhanEarlier 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 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)

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India Vs Southafrica

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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.

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 BangladLive Cricket Streamingesh 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.