Archive for September, 2007



India v Australia: 1st ODI

India v Australia: 1st ODI Australia 307/7 (Clarke 130, Sreesanth 3/55), India 9/1. Match abandoned - rain. Series tied 0-0 with 6 to play.

Sri Lankan Cricket have confirmed they will send a “strong” ‘A’ side to Zimbabwe between October 10 & 31, to play a series of matches that will include at least 3 four-day games. The full itinerary has yet to be released - more details when I get them.

Brendan Taylor’s outstanding performance against Australia has been rewarded by Zimbabwe Cricket, with his ZC contract upped from a ‘C’ to an ‘A’, putting him alongside Tatenda Taibu and Vusi Sibanda on the pay scales. According to CricInfo, some other (unnamed) players have also had their contracts revised, in light of both player discontent […]

India v Pakistan: ICC World Twenty20 Final India 157/5 (20 overs; Gambhir 75, Umar Gul 3/28), Pakistan 152 (19.3 overs; Misbah-ul-Haq 43, IK Pathan 3/16). India win by 5 runs, win tournament.

Australia v India: ICC World Twenty20, 2nd Semi-Final India 188/5 (20 overs; Yuvraj Singh 70, Johnson 2/31), Australia 173/7 (20 overs; Hayden 62, Sreesanth 2/12). India win by 15 runs.

New Zealand v Pakistan: ICC World Twenty20, 1st Semi-Final New Zealand 143/8 (20 overs; Taylor 37*, Umar Gul 3/15), Pakistan 147/4 (18.5 overs; Imran Nazir 59, Styris 1/14). Pakistan win by 6 wickets.

South Africa v India: ICC World Twenty20, 24th Match India 153/5 (20 overs; Sharma 50*, Pollock 2/17), South Africa 116/9 (20 overs; Boucher 36, Morkel 36, Singh 4/13). India win by 37 runs.

Bangladesh v Pakistan: ICC World Twenty20, 23rd Match Bangladesh 140 (19.4 overs; Junaid Siddique 71, Shoaib Malik 2/15), Pakistan 141/6 (19 overs; Shahid Afridi 39, Abdur Razzak 2/16). Pakistan win by 4 wickets.

Australia v Sri Lanka: ICC World Twenty20, 22nd Match Sri Lanka 101 (19.3 overs; Mubarak 28, Clark 4/20), Australia 102/0 (10.2 overs; Hayden 58*, Fernando 0/12). Australia win by 10 wickets.

Fresh from the series against South Africa and the World Twenty20, Zimbabwe suddenly have a spring in their step. Key now is to get the side some more competitive matches, and the good news is that it looks like they’ll get them. ZC are currently finalising plans for a visit by Sri Lanka […]




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