* Pakistan win toss and bat.Swann & Panesar take a wicket each before lunch.Misbah digs in against good England bowling but falls early day 2 as does tail.Strauss goes quickly.Trott & Cook build big stand but then wickets tumble.Tail wags with Broad hitting fifty and England takes lead.Pakistan lose 4 early wickets but Azhar Ali & Asad Shafique revive innings:At Abu Dhabi 2nd Test Pakistan 257,96.4 overs(Misbah 83*,Broad 3-47,Swann 3-52) & 125-4,61 overs v England 327,112 overs(Cook 94,Trott 74,Broad 58*,Ajmal 4-108) Scorecard
* Ponting & Clarke revive Oz innings after loss of 3 early wickets,put on stand of 396.India lose Sehwag & Dravid early in reply and fail again to Oz seamers except for Kohli who hit a fine ton.the follow on was not enforced:At Adelaide 4th Test Australia 604-7dec,157 overs(Clarke 210,Ponting 221) & 167-5dec,46 overs(Ponting 60*) v India 272,95.1 ( Kohli 116,Siddle 5-49) & 166-6,58 overs(Sehwag 62) Scorecard
* AB de Villiers makes sure this time completing ton with six off Malinga as SA acclerate innings to set SL formidable target.Tharanga & Dilshan set off at blistering pace but then rain stops play.SL resume but lose two wicketsSangakkara hits ton and SL scrape home suffering late collapse in sight of victory:At New Wanderers Jo'burg 5th ODI South Africa 312-4,50 overs (de Villiers 125*,G Smith 125) lost to Sri Lanka 314-8,248.5 overs(Sangakkara 102,Thirimane 69) by 2 wickets Scorecard SA win series 3-2
* AB de Villiers misses out on ton as SA post big total.Dilshan responds robustlyand SL win with with 8 balls to spare:At Kimberley 4th ODI South Africa 299-7,50 overs(De Villiers 96,G Smith 68) lost to Sri Lanka 304-5,48.4 overz(Dilshan 83,Perera 63*) by 5 wickets Scorecard SA lead series 3-1
* Solid start by Rajasthan,Saxena passes double ton.TN lose three early wickets in reply,Mukund for a 1st ball duck.Karthik hits big ton but rest fail.:At Chennai Ranji Trophy Elite Final Rajasthan 621,245 overs(Saxena 257, Chopra 94,Kanitkar 64,Bist 57) & 204-5 dec,77 overs(Bist 92) drew with Tamil Nadu 292,104.2 overs(Karthik 150) & 8-2,13 overs but win match on 1st innings Scorecard Surely it would be better to make this a 6 day match!
* Sri Lanka bat first and look set to make a decent score this time but run out fever stalls momentum.SA also suffer two run outs so five so far in all but win off last ball D/L method:At Bloemfontein 3rd ODI Sri Lanka 266-9,50 overs(Tharanga 58) lost to South Africa 179-5,29 overs(du Plessis 72) by 5 wickets D/L method Scorecard
* Rusty England fall to Pakistanis spinners after winning toss.Prior rescues innings with help from Swann and Anderson,Ajmal takes seven.England seamers ineffective so far until Broad bowls two 'jaffers' before lunch day 2.Pakistan patiently build lead against tight bowling which akmal extends morning day 3.Strauss out controversially,the rest follow meekly! Tail wags for a while: At Dubai England 192,72.3 overs(Prior 70*,Swann 34,Ajmal 7-55) & 160,57.5 overs(Trott 49, Swann 39,Gul 4-63,Ajmal 3-42) lost to Pakistan 338,104.3 overs(M Hafeez 88,Akmal 61,Misbah' 52,Swann 4-107) & 15-0,3.4 overs by 10 wickets Scorecard
* Sri Lanka invited to bat first make a much better fist of it than last time.Chandimal ends short of 1st ton after good start SA make it home with 8 balls to spare.At East London 2nd ODI Sri Lanka 236-6,50 overs(Chandimal 92*,Tharanga 66) lost to South Africa 237-5,48.5 overs(Duminy 66,H Amla 55,Prasad 3-46) by 5 wickets Scorecard
* Mervyn Westfield, 23,an Essex CCC cricketer, admitted accepting or obtaining a corrupt payment to aid spot betting on a match on 5 September 2009. More ECB offers amnesty to county Cricketers who report past match fixing approaches More
* India lose toss and collapse to Oz all seam attack.Warner blasts wonderful ton completed with six in 69 balls after Cowan & Warner Oz fold,Yadav takes fifer.India flop again except for innings from Kohli:At Perth 3rd Test India 161,60.2 overs(Hilfenhaus 4-43,Siddle 3-42) & 171,63.2 overs(Kohli 75,Hilfenhaus 4-54)v Australia 369,76.2 overs(Warner 180,Cowan 74,Yadav 5-93)) Scorecard Oz have won series 3-0 Dhoni fined and banned from Adelaide Test for slow over rate More
* Cooke hits ton after Strauss and Trott fall early.Bell has untimely duck.Panesar takes fifer but tails wags.Strauss and Cook make sound 2nd start:At Dubai England XI 269-9 dec,81.1 overs & 181-3 dec,49.3 overs(Strauss 62,Trott 93) beat Pakistan Cricket board XI 200-9dec,79 overs(Raza Hasan 50*,Panesar 5-57) & 150,52.3 overs(Onions 3-36,Panesar 3-46) by 100 runs Scorecard
* Sri Lanka slaughtered. All out 43, their lowest ever total in ODIs. Malinga takes fifer .Amla,Kallis and de Villiers power Sa to big total:At Paarl 1st ODI South Africa 301-8,50 overs(HM Amla 112,Kallis 72,de Villiers 52,Malinga 5-54) beat Sri Lanka 43,20.1 overs(M Morkel 4-10,Tsotsobe 3-19) by 258 runs Scorecard
* England Lions chase down target easily after loss of openers. Meaker takes 4:At Chitagong Bangladesh 'A' 176,44 overs(Nasimuddin 99,Meaker 4-47) lost to England Lions 177-4,37.3 overs by 7 wickets Scorecard Series 1-1
* England's batting responds well to Porterfield's declaration and Stauss finds form but struggled in 1st innings in Dubai apart from Cook.Top order of ICC XI fails but innings rescued by 'in season' lower order. Namibian Viljoen falls short of deserved ton. Openers out for ducks in 2nd innings but again middle order recovers:At Dubai ICC Associates & Affiliates XI 281,83.3 overs(Viljoen 98) & 164-9dec, 55.3 overs lost to England XI 185-8dec,55 overs(Cook 76) & 261-7,60.1overs(Strauss 78) by 3 wickets Scorecard
* Sri Lanka make SA bat again for a no ball thanks to Samaraweera century but quite why dilshan put SA in remains one of most crass decisions ever! Kallis and Petersen plunder some ragged bowling to great effect. Kallis goes on to double ton and de Villiers runs amok before declaration.Dilshan blazes fifty in reply but SL collapse and follow on in same frame of mind until Mathews & Samaraweera show resolve.Kallia has fine matchwith catches and bowling to match batting;At Cape Town 3rd Test South Africa 580-4,139 overs(Kallis 224,de Villiers 150*,Petersen 109) & 2-0,0 overs lost to Sri Lanka 239,73.9 overs(Dilshan 78) & f/o 342,107.5 overs(Samaraweera 115,Mathews 63) by 10 wickets Scorecard SA win series 2-1
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