November 2013 ~ Cricket Rockers

Thursday 21 November 2013

India v West Indies

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MS Dhoni slammed three fours

India v West Indies

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Virat Kohli raises the bat after reaching his fift

India v West Indies

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Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma added 133 for the second wicket

Marlon Samuels was bowled off a ball that kept really low, 1st ODI, Kochi, November 21, 2013

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Johnson Charles takes the aerial route, India v West Indies, 1st ODI, Kochi, November 21, 2013

West Indies 161/5 (34.0 ov)

India

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat
   DJ Bravo 7* (10)
    DM Bravo 50* (69)
    SK Raina 10-1-34-3
    RG Sharma 1-0-2-0

Chris Gayle was in pain after his run out, India v West Indies, 1st ODI, Kochi, November 21, 2013

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Chris Gayle was taken off the field on a stretcher, India v West Indies, 1st ODI, Kochi, November 21, 2013

Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand, 2nd T20: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

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New Zealand face Sri Lanka in the final match of their limited overs tour, and there is hope of uninterrupted play after a desperate, weather-affected series.

What: Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand, 2nd Twenty20

Where: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

When: Thursday, 21 November 2013, 13:30 GMT

Australia Vs England

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Stuart Broad follows through after removing David Warner, Australia v England, 1st Test, Brisbane, 1st day, November 21, 2013

Australia 201/6 (72.0 ov)

England

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Day 1 - Session 3

    BJ Haddin 45* (91)
    MG Johnson 39* (96)
    GP Swann 22-4-58-0
    SCJ Broad 17-3-54-4

India vs West Indies: Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Co. eye ODI domination over Dwayne Bravo-led side

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Kochi: After demolishing the West Indies in Sachin Tendulkar's farewell Test series, the Indian cricket team will look to extend its supremacy in the ODIs as well when the two sides face off in a three-match series starting in Kochi on Thursday.

The 2-0 whitewash against the Caribbean outfit was the perfect send off for the legendary Tendulkar, who called it quits after serving Indian cricket for nearly a quarter of a century.

The emotional curtain call left everyone, including the man of the moment, in tears even taking the focus away from the cricket that was played.

Pakistan batsmen are likely to face a barrage of short balls now that the two teams will play in South Africa

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The South African half of the four-match Twenty20 home and away series between these two teams has arrived but the promise it could have been accompanied with, has not. Pakistan were outplayed in the UAE, in both matches, although the result of the second's suggested it was much closer than it really was.
Batting collapses at the top and tail of their innings have left Pakistan with plenty of repair work to do. They spent two days after their arrival in South Africa training at the Wanderers but decided to take the day before the match off. Still, they've had more preparation time than South Africa, who only regrouped on Tuesday.

Uthappa returns to boost Karnataka

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Robin Uthappa missed the first two games due to injury the Karnataka opening batsman who missed the first two Ranji Trophy games due to a hamstring strain, has been named in the squad for the next two matches. However, allrounder Stuart Binny, who scored a century in the drawn match against Gujarat, is set to miss the next two after injuring his right knee.

The team will be captained by the wicketkeeper CM Gautam, filling in for the regular captain Vinay Kumar, who has been called up to the India ODI squad for the home limited-overs series against West Indies.

South Africa vs. Pakistan, 1st T20

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South Africa vs. Pakistan, 1st T20: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

Disgraced Sreesanth to tie knot on December 12

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Banned Indian pace bowler cricketer S. Sreesanth will tie the nuptial knot on December 12 with a girl from a royal family in Rajasthan at the famous Sri Krishna temple at Guruvayoor.

The disgraced pacer will be marrying Nayan next month at the Guruvayoor Sri Krishna temple, Sreesanth's mother Savithri Devi said on Monday.

Pakistan focus on batting improvement

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For a batting line-up that is struggling and just arrived to play a series in what is widely acknowledged one of the toughest places to make runs, Pakistan have an unusual amount of confidence. Mohammad Hafeez, their T20 captain, said their showing on this soil earlier this year will serve as inspiration for the upcoming series.

"We put up a good show in the shorter formats and we believe in this part of the world, we've done reasonably well.," Hafeez said ahead of the team's first practice session at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. Pakistan won the only Twenty20 that was played - the first was a washout - by 95 runs and came back twice in the ODI series to level it at two-all going into the final match, which they lost.

Shane Watson delivered linking spells usefully in England

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"It will just depend on how I continue to go over the next few days and get a gauge on what capacity I'll be able to play. Everything's progressing really well at the moment, but I'm not putting a huge expectation on me being able to bowl a huge amount in the first innings, it is more seeing how it progresses to get the balance right between getting as close to full capacity as I can without heightening the risk of re-injury."

Rahul Bose and a lot of CELEBRITIES in the crowd BREAK DOWN in happiness. This is undoubtedly the GREATEST FAREWELL TO A CRICKETER!!

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Sachin Tendulkar's MARCH is over now. The GOD OF CRICKET goes all the way in the middle of the ground and BOWS DOWN on the pitch. He TOUCHED IT TO HIS EYES and walks back in TEARS again. He takes the FINAL WALK towards the DRESSING ROOM!!

Sachin Tendulkar broke down in tears at the Wankhede

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West Indies were bowled out for 187 runs in the second innings against a superb bowling performance by India. A comprehensive win for India in the end as expected. Tendulkar took his hat off to acknowledge the crowd's cheer before going off. West Indies were already 3 down at the end of Day 2. They were not expected to survive long today and that is exactly what happened. It wasn't all that a bad pitch to bat on, but some poor shot selection by Samuels, Deonarine early on opened the floodgates. Ojha and Ashwin ran through the West Indies lower-order at will. Chanderpaul and Ramdin fighted for a while but the former misread a Ashwin slider which hurt the visitors badly. Ramdin went on to make a fine fifty,

Tendulkar's last match:

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Eminent scientist Prof C.N.R. Rao is the other recipient of the Bharat Ratna.

Sachin Tendulkar with his children

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Sachin Tendulkar with his children, India v West Indies, 2nd Test, Mumbai, 3rd day, November 16, 2013

Sachin Tendulkar was given a lap of honour on the shoulders of his team-mates.

The curtain came down on Sachin Tendulkar's storied Test career with one of India's most comprehensive victories, as a hapless West Indies crumbled on the third morning in Mumbai. Tendulkar walked off the field with a tear in his eye and to a fluid guard of honour from his team-mates, soaking in the cheers of the Wankhede crowd one last time.

Pragyan Ojha took his second five-for of the match, and Ashwin finished with seven in the match, but the only spin bowling Indian fans wanted to see was the all-sorts of Tendulkar. Ten minutes before the scheduled close of the first session, by when West Indies had lost eight wickets in another inept batting performance, Tendulkar was brought into the attack. Though the crowd was desperate for a wicket, Tendulkar's final two overs produced no breakthrough. MS Dhoni brought back his main bowlers and within a handful of overs, the Test was brought to an end with Mohammed Shami flattening the middle stump of the West Indies No. 11 Shannon Gabriel.

The crowd at the Wankhede played its part in Sachin Tendulkar's emotional send-off

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Sachin Tendulkar is given a guard of honour

The Indian players line up for a team photograph

West Indies 182 & 187 (47.0 ov) India 495 India won by an innings and 126 runs

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The crowd at the Wankhede played its part in Sachin Tendulkar's emotional send-off, India v West Indies, 2nd Test, Mumbai, 3rd day, November 16, 2013

india vs west indies 2nd test

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Darren Sammy was out for a two-ball duck, India v West Indies, 2nd Test, Mumbai, 1st day, November 14, 2013

Kieran Powell punches the ball through the off side, India v West Indies, 2nd Test, Mumbai, 1st day, November 14, 2013

BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel presents Sachin Tendulkar with a portrait, India v West Indies, 2nd Test, Mumbai, 1st day, November 14, 2013
West Indies 182

India 86/2 (15.1 ov)

India trail by 96 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Day 1 - Session 3
    CA Pujara 8* (6)
    SR Tendulkar 1* (3)
    S Shillingford 4.1-1-18-2
    ST Gabriel 4-0-26-0

Sachin Tendulkar’s 200th Test Live Score: India vs West Indies, Day 1

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WEST INDIES OVERS: 14.over II SCORE: 45/1

Darren Bravo is the new man in the middle. Bhuvi comes round the wicket to Powell in the seventh over. Just a couple off the fifth delivery from the over. Shami continues and facing him is Bravo. And a cold welcome follows as Shami forces the southpaw to duck after pitching the first short. Bravo gets off the mark with a flick to long on boundary for his first four. Just four from the over. The ninth, by Bhuvi, is a maiden. Powell flicks the penultimate delivery of the 10th over, by Shami, to deep midwicket region for his second four. Five runs from it.

Live Cricket Score: Pakistan vs South Africa, ICC T20 World Cup 2012 Super Eights match at Colombo

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Both South Africa and Pakistan will look for a winning start, when they clash in the Super Eights round of the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 tournament on Friday in Colombo.

There is very little to separate the two teams as South Africa lock horns with Pakistan in what is expected to be a battle of attrition in their ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight match on Friday.
Both teams will be equally confident after their emphatic showings in the group stage of the tournament, and it will be interesting to see who emerges winner at the R Premadasa Stadium stadium.

Sri Lanka 117/1 (20.4 ov) New Zealand

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Tillakaratne Dilshan plays the pull, Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2nd ODI, Hambantota, November 12, 2013

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Match delayed by rain

    TM Dilshan 51* (65)
    KC Sangakkara 55* (52)
    AP Devcich 4.4-0-30-0
    RJ Nicol 2-0-12-0

South Africa beat Pakistan by 117 runs in the fifth ODI in Sharjah to take the series 4-1

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AB de Villiers poses with the winner's trophy, Pakistan v South Africa, 5th ODI, Sharjah, November 11, 2013

5th ODI: South Africa sets Pakistan target of 269 runs

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South African captain AB de Villiers (R) plays a shot during the fifth and final day-night international at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah on November 11, 2013. South Africa are winning the five-match series with an unbeatable 3-1 lead
South Africa 268/7 (50.0 ov)

Pakistan

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

Innings break

    AB de Villiers 115* (102)
    WD Parnell 8* (4)
    Sohail Tanvir 8-0-58-0
    Junaid Khan 9-0-57-2

Pakistan v South Africa 5th Odi Match

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South Africa 46/1 (10.1 ov)

Pakistan

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

    Pakistan v South Africa ODI Series - 5th ODI
    ODI no. 3433 | 2013/14 season
    Played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium (neutral venue)
    11 November 2013 - day/night (50-over match)

Jaffer hits yet another hundred, Sehwag's dismal run

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Wasim Jaffer is only one hundred away from hitting 50 hundreds in first-class cricket
Sehwag's poor run, Venugopal Rao's first hundred in six seasons, Akshar takes maiden five-for
Gujarat v Delhi, Surat
Virender Sehwag scored 1 and 15 in the two opportunities he got in this match; he has now gone 13 first-class innings without hitting a half-century.

Carberry gains from Flower's ruthless call

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path towards an opening batting position in the first Ashes Test at the Gabba highlights how quickly fortunes can change. After launching Australia tour with scores of 78 and 153 not out it seems inevitable that he will now walk out with Alastair Cook having usurped two other men who have held the position this year.

Sachin Tendulkar's 200th Test: Ticket sales delayed as website crashes

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The Kyazoonga website which was supposed to sell the tickets for Sachin Tendulkar’s 200th and final test crashed on Monday morning. The ticket sales were scheduled to start at 11am.
Tickets will be available for Rs 500, Rs 1,000 and Rs 2,500. Only 2 tickets per person can be booked online. According to the instruction issued in the press release, “Redemption/Ticket pick-up counters will be open at the Mumbai Hockey Association starting November 12, 2013. In order to facilitate easy and convenient pick-ups, counters will be open from 8am to 3pm. It is recommended that tickets be picked up before match days to avoid rush and potential delays on match day.”

Pakistan vs. South Africa, 5th ODI: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

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After winning the fourth ODI by 28 runs, South Africa wrapped up a series win, meaning the final match in Sharjah is a dead rubber. This provides an interesting conundrum for the visitors, who might be tempted to rest some of their senior players and field some of their youngsters instead.

India vs West Indies Stats: Mohammed Shami records best match figures by an Indian pacer on debut

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Statistical highlights at the end of the first cricket Test between India and West Indies in Kolkata:

# India have recorded their 15th win vs West Indies (lost 30 and drawn 44 out of 89 contested) - winning % 16.85.

# India and West Indies have won three Tests each out of ten played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (drawn four).

# Overall, India have won eleven and lost 9 out of 39 played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Drawn 19).

# Of the last four Tests played by India at Eden Gardens, they have won three by an innings margin - two vs West Indies (November 2011 andFebruary 2010). In between India lost to England by seven wickets at this venue in December 2012.

# Having won the series vs Australia by 4-0 this year, India have won five Tests in a row for the first time.as become the first Indian skipper to register 25 Test wins - winning % 52.08 (lost twelve and drawn eleven out of 48 played).

# Under Dhoni's captaincy, India have won eight Tests by an innings, emulating Mohammad Azharuddin's feat.

# Mohammed Shami is the third Indian speedster to capture five wickets or more in an innings on Test debut.

# Shami's excellent figures of five for 47 are the second best by an Indian fast bowler on Test debut, next only to Abid Ali's 6 for 55 vs Australia at Adelaide in December 1967. Mohammad Nissar is the only other Indian fast bowler to take five wickets on Test debut - 5 for 93 vs England at Lords's in June 1932.

# Shami's match figures of 9 for 118 are the best by an Indian speedster on Test debut, outstripping Munaf Patel's seven for 97 vs England at Mohali in March 2006.

# Shami's match figures are the second best by an Indian bowler on Test debut, next only to Narendra Hirwani's 16 for 136 vs West Indies at Chennai in January 1988.

# Shami's break-up of his 26 international wickets are - caught 12, bowled 11 and lbw 3.

# Rohit Sharma, with his 177 off 301 balls, has established a record for the highest individual innings by a number six batsman on Test debut, outstripping Australia's Doug Walters' 155 off 315 balls vs England at Brisbane in December 1965.

# Rohit's aforesaid innings is the second highest by an Indian batsman on Test debut, next only to the 187 by Shikhar Dhawan vs Australia at Mohali in March this year.

# Rohit is the fifth Indian player to be adjudged the Man of the Match on Test debut - the other four being Pravin Amre, R.P.Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin and Shikhar Dhawan.

# Ravichandran Ashwin (124 off 210 balls) has recorded a career-best score - his second century in Tests - both against the West Indies - his first was 103 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in November 2011.

# Ashwin's aforesaid innings is the third highest by number eight batsman for India in Tests - the top two being Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 144 vs West Indies in November 2011 and 132 not out vs South Africa in February 2010 - both at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

# Ashwin is now the fourth Indian batsman to register two centuries as number eight batsman in Tests - the first three being Kapil Dev, Harbhajan Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

# Overall 14 hundreds at number eighth position have been recorded for India in Tests.

# Ashwin's match figures of 124 and five wickets are his second best as an all-rounder in Tests, next only to the 117 (103 + 14) and 9 for 190 runs vs West Indies in the 2011-12 Mumbai Test. His other instance of 100 runs and five wickets in the match being - 112 (21 + 91*) and five for 214 vs England at Kolkata in December 2012.

# Besides being the Indian only all-rounder to post a hundred in an innings and claim five wickets or more in the same match twice, four other all-rounders have accomplished the feat once each for India in Tests - Vinoo Mankad, Polly Umrigar, Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh.

# Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin, with their 280-run stand, have established a seventh-wicket partnership record for India in Tests, obliterating the 259 (unbroken) between VVS Laxman and Mahendra Singh Dhoni vs South Africa at Kolkata in February 2010.

# Overall, five partnerships of 200-plus have been registered for India for the seventh wicket in Tests. The tally includes three vs West Indies. Dhoni and Laxman had recorded 224 in the 2011-12 Kolkata Test - the previous highest seventh-wicket partnership for India vs West Indies.

# The 280-run partnership is now the highest by any pair for the seventh wicket vs West Indies in Tests. In fact, all three 200-plus stands for the seventh wicket against West Indies have been recorded by the Indian pairs.

# A new record has been established by India's number 6, 7 and 8 batsmen in the same innings - their combined tally of 343 is an Indian record, obliterating the 295 vs Pakistan at Bangalore in 2007-08.

# The tally of 343 is now the joint-fourth highest by number 6, 7 and 8 in the same innings in the history of Test cricket - the highest being 428 by Australia vs England at Melbourne in 1936-37.

# Shane Shillingford has captured five wickets or more in an innings five times in Tests - his first instance away from home.

# Shillingford's figures of 6 for 167 are his third best in Tests, next only to the 6 for 49 vs Zimbabwe at Bridgetown in March 2013 and 6 for 119 vs Australia at Roseau in April 2012.

# Shillingford is the eighth West Indian spinner to take five wickets in an innings vs India - the last to do so was Carl Hooper at Nagpur in December 1994. Lance Gibbs has achieved the feat four times vs India in Tests.

# Shillingford's figures are the best by a West Indian spinner at Eden Gardens, eclipsing Lance Gibbs' figures of five for 51 in the 1966-67 Test.

# Apart from two West Indian spinners, three other West Indian bowlers have claimed five wickets or more in an innings against India at Eden Gardens - Roy Gilchrist, Malcolm Marshall and Andy Roberts.

# Shillingford (55-9-167-6) has earned a dubious distinction by conceding most number of runs by a West Indian bowler vs India in a Test innings, eclipsing Dave Mohammed's figures of 29.5-3-162-3 at St.John's in June 2006.