Jayasuriya’s Ton lead Sri Lanka to victory

Sanath Jayasuriya blast 111 runs off just 87 balls and helps sri lanka make a easy victory over New Zealand. New Zealand make a good score of 285 but jayasuriya knock make it achieveable very easy with 10 overs to spare.

Sri Lanka Scorecard is as follows -
Name Status R B M 4s 6s
WU Tharanga c.McCullum b.Franklin 68 73 107 9 0
ST Jayasuriya c.Fulton b.Franklin 111 82 105 12 5
DPMD Jayawardene notout 34 39 61 6 0
KC Sangakkara c. and b.Vettori 36 41 47 5 0
MS Atapattu * notout 7 16 11 1 0

Extras (lb 3, b 3, nb 12, w 12 ) 30
Total ( 3 wicket(s), 40.0 overs, 168 mins) 286 (R.R 7.15)

England get a taste of dust

Australia takes a 4-0 lead against England in ashes series when they thrashed England by an innings and 99 runs. England has no answers to any of the australians tatics. They are thrashed in all departments of this test match. The final scorecard of both the teams are as follows –

England scorecard in 1st innings

England 159-10 (74.2) Runs Balls 4s 6s SR
A Strauss b Warne 50 132 1 0 37.88
A Cook c Gilchrist b Lee 11 37 1 0 29.73
I Bell lbw b Clark 7 30 0 0 23.33
P Collingwood c Ponting b Lee 28 82 4 0 34.15
K Pietersen c Symonds b Warne 21 70 0 0 30.00
*A Flintoff c Warne b Clark 13 31 1 0 41.94
C Read c Ponting b Warne 3 17 0 0 17.65
S Mahmood c Gilchrist b McGrath 0 9 0 0 0.00
S Harmison c Clarke b Warne 7 12 1 0 58.33
M Panesar c Symonds b Warne 4 19 0 0 21.05
M Hoggard not out 9 10 1 0 90.00
Extras: 6 ( b:2 lb:1 nb:3 w:0)
Total: 159-10 (74.2) | Curr. RR: 2.14

Australia batting scorecard in second innings

Australia 419-10 (108.3) Runs Balls 4s 6s SR
J Langer c Read b Flintoff 27 29 3 0 93.10
M Hayden c Read b Mahmood 153 265 13 2 57.74
B Lee c Read b Flintoff 0 1 0 0 0.00
*R Ponting c Cook b Flintoff 7 28 0 0 25.00
M Hussey b Hoggard 6 20 0 0 30.00
M Clarke c Read b Harmison 5 5 0 0 100.00
A Symonds c Read b Harmison 156 220 15 1 70.91
A Gilchrist c Collingwood b Mahmood 1 8 0 0 12.50
S Warne not out 40 54 6 0 74.07
S Clark c Read b Mahmood 8 24 0 0 33.33
G McGrath c Bell b Mahmood 0 6 0 0 0.00
Extras: 16 ( b:0 lb:6 nb:9 w:1)
Total: 419-10 (108.3) | Curr. RR: 3.86

England scorecard in second innings

England 161-10 (65.5) Runs Balls 4s 6s SR
A Strauss c Gilchrist b Lee 31 107 2 0 28.97
A Cook b Clark 20 46 1 0 43.48
I Bell lbw b McGrath 2 11 0 0 18.18
K Pietersen b Clark 1 8 0 0 12.50
P Collingwood c Langer b Lee 16 38 0 0 42.11
*A Flintoff lbw b Clark 25 45 2 0 55.56
C Read not out 26 77 1 0 33.77
S Mahmood lbw b Warne 0 2 0 0 0.00
S Harmison lbw b Warne 4 26 0 0 15.38
M Panesar c Clarke b Lee 14 19 2 0 73.68
M Hoggard b Lee 5 20 0 0 25.00
Extras: 17 ( b:0 lb:12 nb:4 w:1)
Total: 161-10 (65.5) | Curr. RR: 2.45

Saund a former hockey player said “Indian hockey can still be revived”

Mr Malkit Singh feels that We do not need a foreign coach. All we need is a collective effort to pull the sport out of its present mess he also said that “something is wrong with the selection and training of Indian teams. I can tell you from my experience of playing against India that many of my contemporaries could have never made to Olympics on merit alone. Besides, indiscipline has been the bane of Indian hockey.

South Africa set a target of 328 runs for India in first innings

Despite a poor start by south african’s in the second test match, they are able to pose a decent total on the scoreboard. Thanks to a great century by prince who helped the south africans to give indian batsman a scare to chase the total.

South Africans batting performance is as follows –

South Africa 328-10 (91.3) Runs Balls 4s 6s SR

G Smith c Tendulkar b Khan 5 13 0 0 38.46
AB de Villiers c Tendulkar b Sreesanth 9 38 1 0 23.68
H Amla lbw b Khan 1 9 0 0 11.11
H Gibbs c Dhoni b Sreesanth 63 88 13 0 71.59
A Prince c Laxman b Sreesanth 121 212 16 0 57.08
M Boucher b Sreesanth 53 91 7 0 58.24
S Pollock c Sehwag b Singh 11 23 2 0 47.83
A Hall lbw b Kumble 0 4 0 0 0.00
A Nel b Kumble 0 3 0 0 0.00
M Morkel not out 31 52 3 0 59.62
M Ntini lbw b Kumble 16 30 2 0 53.33

Extras: 18 ( b:0 lb:3 nb:14 w:1)
Total: 328-10 (91.3) | Curr. RR: 3.58

Hayden, Symonds put Aussies on top

Australia seems to be in trouble at 84 for 5, but a great knock by hayden and symonds rescued aussies and washed all the dreams of england going for a win. Hayden was finally out for 153 with 13 boundaries and two sixes while Symonds is still batting at 154 with his partner warne.

Australia is on a course to win this test series by 4-0

Shane Warne crosses the 700 milestone

Shane Warne crosses the 700 wickets miltestone when he bowled England opener Andrew Strauss for 50 . He also achieved his 37th 5 wicket hall and thus became the first Test bowler to achieve this feet. He got a standing applause from the whole crowd when he reached this milestone.

Indian Hockey Team

Indian hockey team is going through worst phase. They finished 11th in the hockey world cup out of 12 competiting team in this tournament. In the Asian Games they too can’t qualify in the semis , their worst performance ever in the asian games

I think old players should be brought into the selection process and not the politicans. They have ruined our national game. Experiences of old players should be used to improve the perforamance of our current Indian Hockey Team.

McGrath takes retirement decision

Finally all the rumors of Macgrath retirement that whether he should retire or not comes to an end when he gives the details of his retirement to the press.

Macgrath wil now retire from Test Cricket after the Ashes series and from One Day Cricket he will retire after the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

 Now he will be playing his last Test Match in Sydney.

India’s performance in first test against South Africa

Zaheer’s performance
For zaheer I can say is he has proved his comeback to the indian team.

Sreesanth performance
What a performance by him. ripped the south africans batting order. He is a useful bowler for india in the coming years
A deserving player for man of the match and ofcourse for the dance too )

Sachin performance
I think he is struggling for rhythm. A great cricketer like him will probably bounce back with a bang once he find’s his touch. Looking forward for his performance in second test

Laxman performance
Indeed a great knock by him. He stood up to the task and deliver. Laxman and ganguly knock set the tone for Indian win in south africa. Don’t know why he is dropped from indian team. He has answered all the odds against him.

Ganguly peformance
Ganguly performance in the first test is really appericiable. When the chips are down his knock of 50’s give a good support level to the Indian total.

All I can say is what a comeback !

Warne to retire

Warne has announed his retirement after the Ashes series. Truely, warne is a great spin bowler of his era. 700 wickets is no easy way. Despite a ban of 1 year he has achieved this feet and hats off to this guy who has played a major role in Australia winning streak.

He is right to take the decision of his retirement at the top of his career as everyone liked to be remember for his/her best last performance before retirement.