Sunday 29 April 2012
Saturday 28 April 2012
Brendon McCullum 116* vs Australia
McCULLAM UNBELIEVABLE SIXES VS AUSTRALIA IN T20 MATCH AND MAKES HIS CENTURY.....
BRENDOM McCULLUM | UNBELIEVABLE SIXES | VS AUSTRALIA
UN BELIEVABLE SIXES BY McCULLAM VS AUSTRALIA.....
Friday 27 April 2012
IPL5: Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians 27-04-12
LATEST PHOTOS FROM FEROZ SHAH KOTLA STADIUM, NEW DELHI
Thursday 26 April 2012
Bangalore vs Chennai - Rain plays spoilsport
The split points - one each for either team - take Chennai to third place, just ahead of Bangalore on a superior Net Run Rate.
Bangalore: A potential cracker between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore, to be played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday night, was called off due to inclement weather.
Rain delayed the toss by an hour and when it finally took place, Virat Kohli, standing in as Bangalore skipper for the injured Daniel Vettori, elected to field. However, the skies opened up once again and a persistent drizzle put paid to the hopes of an expectant crowd, which had to return disappointed once the match was officially called off at 11 p.m.
The split points - one each for either team - take Chennai (with nine points) to third place, just ahead of Bangalore (also on nine) on a superior Net Run Rate.
Bangalore: A potential cracker between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore, to be played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday night, was called off due to inclement weather.
Rain delayed the toss by an hour and when it finally took place, Virat Kohli, standing in as Bangalore skipper for the injured Daniel Vettori, elected to field. However, the skies opened up once again and a persistent drizzle put paid to the hopes of an expectant crowd, which had to return disappointed once the match was officially called off at 11 p.m.
The split points - one each for either team - take Chennai (with nine points) to third place, just ahead of Bangalore (also on nine) on a superior Net Run Rate.
MUMBAI INDIAN VS KINGS IX PUNJAB 25-04-12 match photogallery
MUMBAI INDIANS WON THE MATCH vs KINGS IX PUNJAB
Wednesday 25 April 2012
MUMBAI INDIAN VS KINGS IX PUNJAB 25-04-12
MUMBAI INDIANS WON THE MATCH
MOHALI: Thirty-two runs are needed from two overs. Piyush Chawla, who until then has been a picture of parsimony, ambles in to bowl to Robin Peterson. Punjab are overwhelming favourites. Mumbai Indians are rank outsiders, but as the first delivery leaves Chawla’s palm it’s the last moment in the game that the equation would remain tilted so.
Peterson reverse-sweeps and switch-hits fours on the first two balls, before hurting Punjab with a lethal six over mid-wicket. A single follows, giving the strike to Ambati Rayudu, who does what? – cream consecutive maximums over long-on and long-off, taking the total from Chawla’s over to 27 and Mumbai’s requirement from the last to just five.
A thrilling four-wicket win for Mumbai results, despite Azhar Mahmood’s economic bowling, despite David Hussey’s first innings half-century, despite Harbhajan Singh’s bizzare bowling decisions, and despite Parvinder Awana’s double-strike, including the marauding Rohit Sharma, in the 18th over of the chase.
But more on Harbhajan. Among the many things he is called, a thinking man is certainly not one of them. On Wednesday evening at Mohali - a ground he is well acquainted with – he opened the bowling with South Africa left-arm spinner Peterson, who conceded just three to Punjab’s openers after the home team elected to bat.
That was the only over Peterson was entrusted with, as Clint McKay and R.P. Singh let loose a flurry of short balls to allow the batsmen off the hook. Eventually, the home side, which was just about getting by on 79-3 in the 13th over, posted a competitive 168 in 20 overs – a score more threatening that it appeared to be considering the relative slowness of the surface.
Punjab reached the total thanks to the two Davids – skipper Hussey (60, 48b) and South African Miller (34, 17b) – who combined for 89 runs in just 43 deliveries. Hussey reached his fifty in 30 balls, and changed gears again as the last five overs gained Punjab 68.
Munaf Patel bore the brunt of the assault, his last two overs costing 32 as Miller clubbed sixes to end Punjab’s innings on a high. James Franklin, who too bowled a solitary over earlier in the day and dismissed a subdued Shaun Marsh (while conceding just five) did not return to bowl – another point of distress in Harbhajan’s resource management.
Although a steady start and Rohit’s fireworks threatenend to spoil Punjab’s party, the veteran Azhar Mahmood came in each time and pegged Mumbai back. The former Pakistan player dismissed both openers – Sachin Tendulkar and Franklin – in consecutive overs, and then took Rohit’s catch when the batsman was threatening to steal it away from Punjab.
Rohit’s 30-ball 50 came at a time the required rate hovered around the 12-an-over mark. His departure was followed in the same over by Harbhajan’s, but Rayudu and Peterson unleashed a deluge of bit hits to garner an important away win for Mumbai.
MOHALI: Thirty-two runs are needed from two overs. Piyush Chawla, who until then has been a picture of parsimony, ambles in to bowl to Robin Peterson. Punjab are overwhelming favourites. Mumbai Indians are rank outsiders, but as the first delivery leaves Chawla’s palm it’s the last moment in the game that the equation would remain tilted so.
Peterson reverse-sweeps and switch-hits fours on the first two balls, before hurting Punjab with a lethal six over mid-wicket. A single follows, giving the strike to Ambati Rayudu, who does what? – cream consecutive maximums over long-on and long-off, taking the total from Chawla’s over to 27 and Mumbai’s requirement from the last to just five.
A thrilling four-wicket win for Mumbai results, despite Azhar Mahmood’s economic bowling, despite David Hussey’s first innings half-century, despite Harbhajan Singh’s bizzare bowling decisions, and despite Parvinder Awana’s double-strike, including the marauding Rohit Sharma, in the 18th over of the chase.
But more on Harbhajan. Among the many things he is called, a thinking man is certainly not one of them. On Wednesday evening at Mohali - a ground he is well acquainted with – he opened the bowling with South Africa left-arm spinner Peterson, who conceded just three to Punjab’s openers after the home team elected to bat.
That was the only over Peterson was entrusted with, as Clint McKay and R.P. Singh let loose a flurry of short balls to allow the batsmen off the hook. Eventually, the home side, which was just about getting by on 79-3 in the 13th over, posted a competitive 168 in 20 overs – a score more threatening that it appeared to be considering the relative slowness of the surface.
Punjab reached the total thanks to the two Davids – skipper Hussey (60, 48b) and South African Miller (34, 17b) – who combined for 89 runs in just 43 deliveries. Hussey reached his fifty in 30 balls, and changed gears again as the last five overs gained Punjab 68.
Munaf Patel bore the brunt of the assault, his last two overs costing 32 as Miller clubbed sixes to end Punjab’s innings on a high. James Franklin, who too bowled a solitary over earlier in the day and dismissed a subdued Shaun Marsh (while conceding just five) did not return to bowl – another point of distress in Harbhajan’s resource management.
Although a steady start and Rohit’s fireworks threatenend to spoil Punjab’s party, the veteran Azhar Mahmood came in each time and pegged Mumbai back. The former Pakistan player dismissed both openers – Sachin Tendulkar and Franklin – in consecutive overs, and then took Rohit’s catch when the batsman was threatening to steal it away from Punjab.
Rohit’s 30-ball 50 came at a time the required rate hovered around the 12-an-over mark. His departure was followed in the same over by Harbhajan’s, but Rayudu and Peterson unleashed a deluge of bit hits to garner an important away win for Mumbai.
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