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Friday, February 25, 2011

Australia win toss, put New Zealand into bat

10:17 AM  Unknown  

Updated at: 0843 PST,  Friday, February 25, 2011
NAGPUR: Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to field against New Zealand in a World Cup Group A match over shadowed by the devastating earthquake in Christchurch At least 113 people have been killed as a result of tremors in the New Zealand city and the teams wore black armbands and observed a minute's silence before the start of play.Both defending champions Australia and New Zealand won their opening matches following comprehensive wins over Zimbabwe and Kenya respectively.Australia were unchanged for the game at the VCA Ground but New Zealand brought in batsman Jamie How for all-rounder Jacob Oram in a tactical switch.Teams Australia: Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Ricky Ponting (captain), Michael Clarke, Cameron White, David Hussey, Steve Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait, Jason KrejzaNew Zealand: Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum (wk), Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, James Franklin, Scott Styris, Jamie How, Daniel Vettori (captain), Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Hamish Bennett Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL), TV umpire: Asad Rauf (PAK)Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL)


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Ten Doeschate's all-round show in vain

12:01 AM  Unknown  

Updated at: 2131 PST,  Thursday, February 24, 2011
Ryan ten Doeschate's all-round show went in vain as Netherlands went down by six wickets to England in a Group B match in ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur on Tuesday.Riding on ten Doeschate's 119 (110b, 9x4, 3x6), Netherlands posted 292 for 6 in its 50 overs. In its chase, England overhauled the target in 48.4 overs to finish at 296 for 4.Earlier ten Doeschate shared a crucial 78 run stand with Tom Cooper (47) for the third wicket. He then added a further 64 runs with Tom de Grooth (28) for the fifth wicket. To finish things off ten Doeschate added 61 runs for the sixth wicket with skipper Peter Borren (35 not out).For England, James Anderson (0-72), Stuart Broad (2-65) were expensive with the ball.In its reply, England got off to a confident start with skipper Andrew Strauss (88: 83b, 9x4) and Kevin Pietersen (39) adding 105 for the opening wicket.Later, Jonathan Trott (62: 65b, 4x4) held the innings together. Ian Bell contributed a useful 33 as England held its nerves to script a win.Ten Doeschate performed well with the ball as well picking up 2-47.

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