Aug 2, 2012

Second Test Play England vs South Africa at Headingley

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South Africa tour of England 2012

Second Test: England vs South Africa Played at Headingley, Leeds, Aug 2-6, 2012

Match scheduled to begin at 11:00 local time (10:00 GMT)

South Africa can take England's No. 1 ranking with victory at Headingley for the Test Cricket.

Andrew Strauss says for they are times at headingley when bowling looks unplayable and there are times when it looks very flat and conditions are going to be different.

Graeme Smith says we have got most of our bases covered in terms of players but as a group of men, this is the best group of men that I have been around.

England squad:

AJ Strauss, JM Anderson, IR Bell, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, AN Cook, ST Finn, G Onions, KP Pietersen, MJ Prior, GP Swann, JWA Taylor, IJL Trott

South Africa squad:

GC Smith, AB de Villiers, HM Amla, JP Duminy, F du Plessis, Imran Tahir, JH Kallis, JA Morkel, M Morkel, AN Petersen, RJ Peterson, VD Philander, JA Rudolph, DW Steyn, TL Tsolekile, LL Tsotsobe

Jul 14, 2012

Sri Lanka's first Test series win in nine attempts

Victorious Sri Lanka team
Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2012

3rd Test: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, July 8-12, 2012

Sri Lanka won the toss chose to field

Match drawn

Scorecard:

Pakistan 226 all in 72.5 overs

Asad Shafiq - 75
Misbah-ul-Haq - 40

Thisara Perera - 4/63

Sri Lanka 337 all out in 100.2 overs

Tharanga Paranavitana - 75
Thisara Perera - 75

Junaid Khan - 5/70

Pakistan 380/8dec in 128.4 overs

Azhar Ali - 136
Asad Shafiq - 100 not out

Rangana Herath - 4/99

Target for 270 runs (71 over)

Sri Lanka 195/4 in 62 overs

Kumar Sangakkara - 74 not out
Dinesh Chandimal - 65

Saeed Ajmal 3/50

Man of the match Asad Shafiq (Pakistan)
Player of the series KC Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka Won for the 3-match series 1-0

Jun 25, 2012

Sri Lanka Big Win

Sri Lankans celebratePakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2012, 1st Test: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, Jun 22-25, 2012

Sri Lanka won the toss chose to bat

Sri Lanka won by 209 runs

Scorecard:

Sri Lanka 472 all in 153.2 overs

Dilshan - 101
Sangakkara - 199 Not Out

Saeed Ajmal - 5/146

Pakistan 100 all out in 54.3 overs

Younis Khan - 29
Mohammad Ayub - 25

Randiv - 4/13

Sri Lanka 137/5dec in 41 overs

Dilshan - 56
Paranavitana - 25

Junaid Khan - 3/44

Target for 510 runs

Pakistan 300 all out in 114 overs

Younis Khan - 87
Asad Shafiq - 80

KMDN Kulasekara 3/48

Man of the match KC Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka lead for the 3-match series 1-0

Jun 12, 2012

Third Test Match Draw and England Won Test Series against WI

Andrew Strauss
West Indies tour of England 2012

The Wisden Trophy 3rd Test Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham

Scorecard:

England won toss bat field

West Indies 1st innings 426 all out for 129.3 overs

Denesh Ramdin 107 Not out
Tino Best 95

Graham Onions 4-88

England 1st innings 221/5 for 58 overs

Kevin Pietersen 78
Ian Bell 76 Not out

Tino Best 2-37

Match drawn

Man of the match Tino Best (West Indies)

Man of the series MN Samuels (West Indies) and AJ Strauss (England)

Series for England won the Three match series 2-0

Jun 2, 2012

Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2012 Test match Schedule

DateMatch DetailsTime
(IST)
Place
Jun 22 - Jun 26Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 1st Test10:30
(Jun 22)
Galle
Jun 30 - Jul 29Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 2nd Test10:30
(Jun 30)
Colombo
Jul 08 - Jul 12 Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 3rd Test10:30
(Jul 08)
Pallekele

May 29, 2012

England Won Second Test and Won Test Series against WI


West Indies tour of England, 2012

The Wisden Trophy 2nd Test Played at Lord's, London

Scorecard:

West Indies won toss bat first

West Indies 1st innings 370 all out for 109.2 overs

Marlon Samuels 117 and Darren Sammy 106 and Tim Bresnan 4-104

England 1st innings 428 all out for 123.4 overs

Andrew Strauss 141 and Ravi Rampaul 3-75

West Indies 2nd innings 165 all out for 60.1 overs

Marlon Samuels 76 not out and Tim Bresnan 4-37

England Target for 108 runs

England 2nd innings 111/1 for 30.4 overs

Andrew Strauss 45 and Samuels 1-18

England won by 9 wickets

Man of the match Tim Bresnan (England)

And England Won Series and Lead for 2/0

May 25, 2012

Today Play for Second Test England vs West Indies at Nottingham

West Indies tour of England

England Squad:


1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Alastair Cook, 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Ian Bell, 6 Jonny Bairstow, 7 Matt Prior (wk), 8 Tim Bresnan, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Graeme Swann, 11 James Anderson

West Indies Squad:

1 Adrian Barath, 2 Kieran Powell, 3 Kirk Edwards, 4 Darren Bravo, 5 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 6 Marlon Samuels, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Darren Sammy (capt), 9 Kemar Roach, 10 Ravi Rampaul, 11 Shane Shillingford

The England player james anderson is back on a happy hunting ground where he has taken 33 wickets at 17.45 in five Test, while last year Stuart Broad claimed a hat-trick against India.

Match Start on 11:00 local and 10:00 GMT and 15:30 IST