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Monday, September 12, 2011

Pakistan seal Zimbabwe series with record partnership

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Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez with 139 runs and Imran Farhat with 75 formed a record-breaking opening partnerhip of 228 runs against Zimbabwe here Sunday to secure an overwhelming win in the second ODI to take the three-match series.Their combination beat the previous mark set by Saeed Anwar and Ramiz Rajah of 204 against Sri Lanka.The Pakistani pair stayed together for the entire 42.1 overs necessary to record a ten wicket victory over a hapless home side who had scraped together 225-6 in their 50 overs.Hafeez, who recorded his third ODI century and was later named man of the match for the second time on this tour, needed only 147 balls while Farhat's 75 required 106 balls.They treated the Zimbabweans with apparent disdain, running leisurely and with the occasional strike for boundaries. They gave the home side the appearance of one that still has a long way to go before competing seriously against quality Test teams.In reaching 30 runs, Hafeez passed the 2000 mark in ODIs, adding more than 100 more on the way to the next thousand.It was the fifth time that Zimbabwe had been beaten by ten wickets in 400 ODI's played over the years.In restricting Zimbabwe to 225 runs at Harare Sports Club, Pakistan kept the home batsmen well under their thumb.Winning the toss and decided to bat, Brendan Taylor's team got off to a very slow start and they struggled throughout as Junaid Khan and Sohail Tanveer bowled three maidens in the first seven overs.Vusi Sibanda scored one run from 20 balls before getting out for 14. Hamilton Masakadza managed only four from his first 25 balls faced. And Zimbabwe only managed 22 runs in the first ten overs.Masakadza ended with 68 runs but from 118 balls, well below par compared with the performance of Hafeez.Masakadza held the team together, but he fell well short of what he should have scored from that number of deliveries and he must take some blame for the final total on the way to his 18th half century.Taylor also got 50 runs, his 23rd half century, while Taibu hit a bright and adventurous 26. Elton Chigumbura and Prosper Utseya took 13 off Tanveer's last over, but it always looked too little, too late.It was as much Pakistan's opening attack success as Zimbabwe's failure in the early stages of the innings. Khan finished with 1-29 in 10 overs, and Tanveer took two wickets for 43 in nine overs.Masakadza and Chigumbura hit sixes but they were more gestures than substantive contributions.Zimbabwe Coach Alan Butcher commented afterwards: "This was a bad result of course but we need to see the last few matches overall to get a proper picture. There are not many positives though."We need to expand our own innings earlier. Zimbabwe has been prone to collapses in the past and the present players are conscious of this and consequently are over-cautious.This was the fifth match in a row against touring sides that Zimbabwe have lost. The final ODI of the tour is on Wednesday and two Twenty-20 matches follow. Zimbabwe's hopes of redeeming themselves with those three encounters cannot be very high.

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Inter National Fixtures Matches

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Please note: Fixtures are subject to change. The Asian cricket website is not responsible for any changes that may be made.
Monday, 12 September 2011
One-day international series
Third One Day International
Netherlands v Kenya, Voorburg, 10:00
LV County Championship - Division One
Durham v Worcestershire, Emirates Durham ICG, 10:30
Hampshire v Warwickshire, The Rose Bowl, 10:30
Nottinghamshire v Sussex, Trent Bridge, 10:30
Somerset v Lancashire, Taunton, 10:30
LV County Championship - Division Two
Leicestershire v Middlesex, Grace Road, 10:30
Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire, Northampton, 10:30
Surrey v Derbyshire, The Kia Oval, 10:30
Kent v Glamorgan, Canterbury, 14:00
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
One-day international series
Fourth One Day International
Netherlands v Kenya, Voorburg, 10:00
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
One-day international series
Third One Day International
Zimbabwe v Pakistan, Harare, 08:30
Friday, 16 September 2011
Test match series
Third Test Match
Sri Lanka v Australia, Colombo (SSC), 05:30
NatWest One Day International Series
England v India, The Swalec Stadium, 14:00
International Twenty20 Series
Zimbabwe v Pakistan, Harare, 13:00
Saturday, 17 September 2011
Clydesdale Bank 40
Surrey v Somerset, Lord's, 11:30
Sunday, 18 September 2011
International Twenty20 Series
Zimbabwe v Pakistan, Harare, 13:00
Monday, 19 September 2011
One-day international series
Fifth One Day International
Ireland v Canada, Dublin, 10:30
Champions Twenty20 League
Ruhuna Rhinos v Trinidad and Tobago, Hyderabad, 11:30
Auckland v Kolkata Knight Riders, Hyderabad, 15:30
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
One-day international series
Sixth One Day International
Ireland v Canada, Dublin, 10:30
Champions Twenty20 League
Leicestershire v Trinidad and Tobago, Hyderabad, 11:30
Auckland v Somerset, Hyderabad, 15:30
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Champions Twenty20 League
Leicestershire v Ruhuna Rhinos, Hyderabad, 11:30
Kolkata Knight Riders v Somerset, Hyderabad, 15:30
Friday, 23 September 2011
NatWest International Twenty20 Match
England v West Indies, The Kia Oval, 18:15
Champions Twenty20 League
Bangalore Royal Challengers v Warriors, Chennai, 15:30
Saturday, 24 September 2011
Champions Twenty20 League
Cape Cobras v New South Wales, Chennai, 11:30
Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians, Chennai, 15:30
Sunday, 25 September 2011
NatWest International Twenty20 Match
England v West Indies, The Kia Oval, 18:30
Champions Twenty20 League
Warriors v South Australia, Kolkata, 11:30
TBC v TBC, Kolkata, 15:30
Monday, 26 September 2011
Champions Twenty20 League
Mumbai Indians v TBC, Bangalore, 15:30
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Champions Twenty20 League
TBC v South Australia, Kolkata, 15:30
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Champions Twenty20 League
New South Wales v TBC, Chennai, 11:30
Chennai Super Kings v Cape Cobras, Chennai, 15:30
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Champions Twenty20 League
TBC v Bangalore Royal Challengers, Kolkata, 15:30
Friday, 30 September 2011
Champions Twenty20 League
Mumbai Indians v Cape Cobras, Bangalore, 15:30
Saturday, 1 October 2011
Champions Twenty20 League
South Australia v TBC, Bangalore, 11:30
TBC v Warriors, Bangalore, 15:30
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Champions Twenty20 League
Mumbai Indians v New South Wales, Chennai, 11:30
Chennai Super Kings v TBC, Chennai, 15:30
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Champions Twenty20 League
Cape Cobras v TBC, Chennai, 11:30
Chennai Super Kings v New South Wales, Chennai, 15:30
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Champions Twenty20 League
Warriors v TBC, Bangalore, 11:30
Bangalore Royal Challengers v South Australia, Bangalore, 15:30
Saturday, 8 October 2011
Tour Match
TBC v England XI, Hyderabad, 10:00
Champions Twenty20 League
TBC v TBC, Chennai, 15:30
Sunday, 9 October 2011
Champions Twenty20 League
TBC v TBC, Chennai, 15:30
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Tour Match
TBC v England XI, Hyderabad, 10:00
Thursday, 13 October 2011
International Twenty20 Series
South Africa v Australia, Cape Town, 17:00
Friday, 14 October 2011
One-day international series
First One Day International
India v England, Hyderabad, 09:00
Sunday, 16 October 2011
International Twenty20 Series
South Africa v Australia, Johannesburg, 13:30
Monday, 17 October 2011
One-day international series
Second One Day International
India v England, Delhi, 09:00
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
One-day international series
First One Day International
South Africa v Australia, Centurion, 13:30
Thursday, 20 October 2011
One-day international series
Third One Day International
India v England, Mohali, 09:00
Friday, 21 October 2011
Women's One Day International Series
South Africa Women v England Women, Potchefstroom, 08:00
Sunday, 23 October 2011
One-day international series
Fourth One Day International
India v England, Mumbai, 09:00
Second One Day International
South Africa v Australia, Port Elizabeth, 09:00
Women's One Day International Series
South Africa Women v England Women, Potchefstroom, 08:00
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
One-day international series
Fifth One Day International
India v England, Kolkata, 09:00
Women's One Day International Series
South Africa Women v England Women, Potchefstroom, 08:00
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Women's Twenty20 Match
South Africa Women v England Women, Potchefstroom, 16:30
Friday, 28 October 2011
One-day international series
Third One Day International
South Africa v Australia, Durban, 13:30
Saturday, 29 October 2011
International Twenty20 Match
India v England, Kolkata, 09:00
Women's Twenty20 Match
South Africa Women v England Women, Potchefstroom, 16:30
Sunday, 30 October 2011
Women's Twenty20 Match
South Africa Women v England Women, Potchefstroom, 16:30
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Test match series
First Test Match
South Africa v Australia, Cape Town, 09:30
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Test match series
Second Test Match
South Africa v Australia, Johannesburg, 09:00
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Test match series
First Test Match
Australia v New Zealand, Brisbane, 01:00
Friday, 9 December 2011
Test match series
Second Test Match
Australia v New Zealand, Hobart, 00:30
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Test match series
First Test Match
South Africa v Sri Lanka, Centurion, 09:30
Monday, 26 December 2011
Test match series
First Test Match
Australia v India, Melbourne, 00:30
Second Test Match
South Africa v Sri Lanka, Durban, 09:30
Saturday, 7 January 2012
Other Match
TBC v England XI, TBC, 06:00
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Other Match
TBC v England XI, TBC, 06:00
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Test match series
First Test Match
Pakistan v England, Dubai, 06:00
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Test match series
First Test Match
New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Napier, 22:00
Friday, 3 February 2012
Test match series
Third Test Match
Pakistan v England, Dubai, 06:00
One-day international series
First One Day International
New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Dunedin, 22:00
Monday, 6 February 2012
One-day international series
Second One Day International
New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Whangarei, 22:00
Thursday, 9 February 2012
One-day international series
Third One Day International
New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Napier, 22:00
Friday, 10 February 2012
Tour Match
TBC v England XI, Abu Dhabi, 14:00
Sunday, 12 February 2012
International Twenty20 Series
New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Auckland, 22:00
Monday, 13 February 2012
One-day international series
First One Day International
Pakistan v England, Abu Dhabi, 11:00
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
International Twenty20 Series
New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Hamilton, 22:00
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
One-day international series
Second One Day International
Pakistan v England, Abu Dhabi, 11:00
Friday, 17 February 2012
Women's Twenty20 Match
N Zealand Women v England Women, Wellington, 06:00
Saturday, 18 February 2012
One-day international series
Third One Day International
Pakistan v England, Dubai, 11:00
Sunday, 19 February 2012
International Twenty20 Series
New Zealand v South Africa, Hamilton, 22:00
Women's Twenty20 Match
N Zealand Women v England Women, Hamilton, 06:00
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
One-day international series
Fourth One Day International
Pakistan v England, Dubai, 11:00
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
International Twenty20 Series
New Zealand v South Africa, Auckland, 22:00
Women's Twenty20 Match
N Zealand Women v England Women, Auckland, 06:00
Thursday, 23 February 2012
International Twenty20 Series
Pakistan v England, Dubai, 14:00
Saturday, 25 February 2012
One-day international series
First One Day International
New Zealand v South Africa, Wellington, 22:00
International Twenty20 Series
Pakistan v England, Dubai, 14:00
Women's Twenty20 Match
N Zealand Women v England Women, Invercargill, 06:00
Sunday, 26 February 2012
Women's Twenty20 Match
N Zealand Women v England Women, Invercargill, 06:00
Monday, 27 February 2012
International Twenty20 Series
Pakistan v England, Abu Dhabi, 14:00
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
One-day international series
Second One Day International
New Zealand v South Africa, Napier, 22:00
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Women's One Day International Series
N Zealand Women v England Women, Bert Sutcliffe Oval, 12:00
Saturday, 3 March 2012
One-day international series
Third One Day International
New Zealand v South Africa, Auckland, 22:00
Women's One Day International Series
N Zealand Women v England Women, Bert Sutcliffe Oval, 12:00
Monday, 5 March 2012
Women's One Day International Series
N Zealand Women v England Women, Bert Sutcliffe Oval, 12:00
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Test match series
First Test Match
New Zealand v South Africa, Dunedin, 22:00
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Test match series
Second Test Match
New Zealand v South Africa, Hamilton, 22:00
Friday, 23 March 2012
Test match series
Third Test Match
New Zealand v South Africa, Wellington, 22:00
Monday, 26 March 2012
Test match series
First Test Match
Sri Lanka v England, Galle, 10:00
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Test match series
Second Test Match
Sri Lanka v England, Colombo, 10:00

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Azharuddin's son critical after bike accident

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Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin's son, Ayazuddin, has been hospitalized after suffering serious injuries in a motorcycle accident in Hyderabad today.His cousin and Azharuddin's newphew, Ajmal-ur-Rehman, 16, was riding on the same bike and died from head injuries.According to reports, Ayazuddin has been admitted to the city's Apollo Hospital.Azharuddin, who is a Congress leader and a member of the Lok Sabha, is reportedly on his way back to Hyderabad from London.Ayazuddin is the younger of Azharuddin's two sons from his former wife, Naureen. Both he and Asaduddin, the elder son, are cricketers.Ayazuddin was racing his imported 1000 cc Suzuki motorcycle, according to the Indian Express."The helmet that Aiyazuddin was probably wearing was totally crushed. Tire marks at the accident spot indicate that the bike skidded and hit the road divider at a very high speed," a police official.Chief Surgeon Dr Mahesh Joshi said the boys were wheeled in to the hospital at 9 am and had no pulse."They had both gone into a state of cardiac arrest. In spite of our best efforts we could not revive Ajmal. Aiyazuddin has suffered serious injuries on his head, chest and abdomen and is at present undergoing surgery Joshi said

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PCB agrees to tour Bangladesh

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LAHORE : The Pakistan Cricket Board seems to be working hard to improve the strained relationship with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) as it agreed to tour Bangladesh for a full series in December this year A source in the Board said that the PCB had recently approved a tentative itinerary sent by the Bangladesh board for the series that will include two Tests, three one-day internationals and a T20 match in December.The itinerary for the series has been tentatively agreed upon by both the boards. Pakistan has not played Bangladesh in a bilateral series since early 2008 as it believed that the Bangladesh board had let it down on many occasions, especially by not supporting Pakistan when the World Cup matches were moved out of the country. But now things seem to have settled down," the source said. Stating that the tension between Pakistan and Bangladesh first surfaced in 2009, the source explained, "Pakistan board has not been very happy with BCB since 2009 when it cancelled a bilateral one-day series between the two nations to be held in Bangladesh, immediately after the militants attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore. Pakistan team was to tour Bangladesh for the ODI series but after the attack took place, the BCB cancelled the series on security grounds, saying its government had not given clearance for the Pakistan team to play in Bangladesh.The source said that the relations further soured between the two boards when against all expectations the Bangladesh board supported a resolution in the International cricket Council (ICC) to move the 2011 World Cup matches out of Pakistan on security grounds. "The PCB chief Ijaz Butt was really upset and angry with his Bangladesh counterpart and even had a heated exchange with him after the ICC meeting in 2009 in which the World Cup matches were moved from Pakistan," the source revealed. He said since then the relations had remained tense and even recently when the Bangladesh board didn't fulfill its commitment of sending its under-19 team to Pakistan two months back, the PCB got very upset. "The PCB officials were not satisfied with the reasons given by the Bangladesh board for not sending its team to Pakistan and asking for the series to be postponed to next year," the source said. He also informed that since 2010, even Bangladesh has been requesting the PCB to send its team to Bangladesh to play an ODI series, which was cancelled in 2009 but the PCB kept on refusing. "But now both boards appear to have taken steps to improve their relations and the PCB recently approved the itinerary sent for the Test series by Bangladesh," the source said.

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Pakistan trounce Zimbabwe in second ODI

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HARARE : Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in their second one day international here on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match series.Mohammad Hafeez hit an unbeaten 139 while opening partner Imran Farhat was not out on 75 as the visitors eased to victory with over seven overs remaining.

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Raina, Dhoni help India post 280-5 against England

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LONDON : Suresh Raina hit 84 as India made 280-5 off their 50 overs after being put in to bat in the fourth one-day international here at Lord's on Sunday.Raina shared a stand of 169 with captain MS Dhoni (78 not out) which was the highest fifth wicket partnership for India in one-day internationals against England as India posted a challenging total.Dhoni faced 71 balls, hitting six fours and three sixes, whilst Raina, who accelerated late in his innings faced 75 balls and hit seven fours and two sixes.But it looked like it would be a different story when India were 110-4 in 26th over.Graeme Swann had just dismissed Virat Kholi and Rahul Dravid in his first over and one more wicket would have exposed the Indian tail.But Raina and Dhoni got their side to a score well above the average first innings one-day total here with aggressive batting which delighted the hordes of Indian supporters at the ground.They helped their side to add 109 off the last ten overs with both batsmen hitting the English bowlers high into stands as India finally enjoyed themselves after a dismal summer in England.In a bad session for England Stuart Broad went off without completing the final over holding his arm and Steve Finn was called on to bowl the rest of the over. Earlier, Broad had dismissed both openers Parthiv Patel for 27 and Ajinkya Rahane for 38 but Finn, playing his first match of the series, went wicketless despite bowling well.He eventually snared Raina when he was asked to replace Broad when the batsman was superbly caught by Ben Stokes in the deep.England lead the five-match series 2-0 with one no result and one match left to play, in Cardiff, on Friday.

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Pakistan restrict Zimbabwe to 225-6 in 2nd ODI

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HARARE : Pakistan held the upper hand after restricting Zimbabwe to 225-6 in their second One Day International at Harare Sports Club here Sunday.Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat with Brendan Taylor's team getting off to a very slow start.There were three maidens in the first seven overs by Juanid Khan and Sohail Tanveer. Vusi Sibanda scored one run from 20 balls before getting out for 14.Hamilton Masakadza scored only four from his first 25 balls. In the first 10 overs only 22 runs were on the scoreboard.It all added up to potential disaster for the home team, though they went on to make a recovery of sorts.Masakadza ended with 68 runs but from 118 balls, well below par. He held the team together, but fell well short of what he should have scored from that number of deliveries. It was his 18th half century.Taylor also got 50 runs, his 23rd half century, while Tatenda Taibu hit a bright and adventurous 26. Elton Chigumbura and Prosper Utseya took 13 off Tanveer's last over, but it had the look of being too little too late.It was as much Pakistan's opening attack success as Zimbabwe's failure in the early stages of the innings. Junaid Khan finished with 1-29 in 10 overs, and Tanveer took two wickets for 43 in nine overs.Sibanda and partner Justice Chibhabha simply couldn't cope with the seamers' policy of swinging the ball across them.The Zimbabwe middle order were much more comfortable with the spinners, taking a succession of singles. Masakadza and Elton Chigumbura hit sixes but they were more gestures than substantive contributions.Taylor might well rue the decision to bat first. Pakistan have a strong batting line-up and they will be feeling confident of getting 226 runs for victory and the series.Pakistan won the first of the three match series in Bulawayo on Thursday

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Improved Sri Lanka keep Aussies at bay

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PALLEKELE : Sri Lanka put on a determined batting display, losing just two wickets in their second innings against Australia on Sunday.Sri Lanka, who were dismissed for 174 in the first innings, moved to 164-2 by tea on the fourth day of the second Test at the Pallekele International Stadium.Former captains Kumar Sangakkara (35) and Mahela Jayawardene (13) were together at the crease, with the hosts only 73 runs behind with eight wickets in hand.Australia captain Michael Clarke, worried over forecasts of bad weather for the last two days of the match, had declared his team's first innings at an overnight score of 411-7 Sri Lanka's openers Tillakaratne Dilshan and Tharanga Paranavitana (55) put on 81 for the first wicket, their best partnership of the series so far after stands of four, zero and two in the previous three outings.Under bright skies they warded off the early threat from the Australian seamers on a good batting wicket.But Dilshan undid the good work just before lunch with a wild heave, soon after a five-minute stoppage due to bad light.The captain, who looked settled in on 36, drove at a wide ball outside the off-stump from seamer Ryan Harris but only managed to edge a catch to Shane Watson at first slip.Paranavitana went on to compile his eighth Test half century before falling to a controversial decision by third umpire Aleem Dar.The left-hander played defensively to Mike Hussey and the ball lodged in the gloves of wicket-keeper Brad Haddin, who was the only one to appeal for a catch.When umpire Tony Hill turned down the appeal, the Australians asked for -- and received -- a favourable review from Dar, even though television replays proved inconclusive.The tourists are looking to clinch the three-match series on their first Test tour of Sri Lanka since 2004 after winning the opening contest in Galle by 125 runs.

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England win toss, put India into bat in 4th ODI

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LONDON : England captain Alastair Cook won the toss and elected to field in the fourth one-day international against India here at Lord's on Sunday.England, who hold a 2-0 lead in the series, brought fast bowler Steve Finn into their starting line-up at the expense of Jade Denbach and retained Jonathan Trott meaning another match on the sidelines for Samit Patel.India were unchanged from the side that lost at the Oval on Friday meaning all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who was man of the match despite only just joining up with the squad is retained.India have two one-day internationals left to rescue some pride from what has been a dispiriting summer.They lost the Test series 4-0 and have been decimated by injuries with eight players, including Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh being invalided out of the tour.By contrast England, already ranked the number one Test team in the world have emphasised their desire to get to same status in one-day cricket. After Sunday's match the fifth and final game of the series will be played in Cardiff on Friday.Teams England: Alastair Cook (captain), Craig Kieswetter (wkt), Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Ben Stokes, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Steven Finn India: MS Dhoni (captain, wk), Parthiv Patel, Ajinka Rahane, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Pravin Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, RP Singh, Munaf Patel Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Richard Illingworth (ENG), Third umpire: Billy Doctrove (WI), Fourth umpire: Nigel Llong (ENG) Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL) Series: 2-0 (England) Results so far: 3 Sept, Durham, No Result, 6 Sept, Southampton England won by seven wickets, 9 Sept, The Oval, England won by three wickets To play: 16 Sept 5th ODI, Cardiff

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Sri Lanka fight back in second Test

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PALLEKELE : Sri Lanka's openers Tillakaratne Dilshan and Tharanga Paranavitana compiled their best stand of the series to frustrate Australia in the second Test on Sunday.Sri Lanka, trailing by 237 runs on the first innings, moved to 83-1 in their second knock by lunch on the fourth day at the Pallekele International Stadium.Australia captain Michael Clarke, worried over forecasts of bad weather over the last two days of the match, declared his team's first innings at their overnight score of 411-7.Skipper Dilshan and Paranavitana, whose previous partnerships in the series were four, zero and two, finally broke the shackles with a fluent opening stand of 81.Under bright skies they warded off the early threat from the Australian seamers on a good batting wicket.Paranavitana took two successive boundaries off Harris and Dilshan drove the same bowler past mid-on for another four.But Dilshan undid the good work just before lunch with a wild heave soon after a five-minute stoppage due to bad light.The captain, who looked settled in after making 36, drove at a wide ball outside the off-stump from seamer Ryan Harris and only managed to edge a catch to Shane Watson at first slip.Left-hander Paranavitana was unbeaten on 33 at the break and Kumar Sangakkara had yet to score.The tourists are looking to clinch the three-match series on their first Test tour of Sri Lanka since 2004 after winning the opening contest in Galle by 125 runs.

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LG ICC Awards 2011 to be seen across the world

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The LG ICC Awards 2011 will be seen on TV in Asia (India, Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Singapore, Hong Kong and PNG), Middle East and North Africa ('MENA'), South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, UK, USA , the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.Whilst most of the broadcasters are the usual ICC event broadcasters - ESS (South Asia), GEO (Pakistan), ADD/Cricone (MENA), Fox Sports (Australia), Sky Sports (UK), Sky Sports (New Zealand) and SuperSport (South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa), there are exciting new players in the Americas.In Canada, Rogers? the largest communications company in Canada, which along with TV distribution is also involved in wireless technology, will broadcast the event while ESPN will show it in the Caribbean. The most exciting tie-up is in the US. The LG ICC Awards 2011 will be the first ICC Event broadcast on the massive ESPN 360 platform in the US. This platform has a reach of 70-80 million and also broadcasts popular American sports like baseball, college basketball and NFL.Apart from the ESS-driven broadcast distribution there are also other partnerships to spread the reach of the event and popularise it across all genres (sports, news and general entertainment).News channel partnerships
In India: Network 18 (CNN-IBN & IBN-7)
In UK: Sky Sports News
News clips distribution:
ICC's usual news access licensees - SNTV & Reuters
General Entertainment partnership:
STAR World
More information on broadcast timings around the world is given below:

NetworkDayAir Date Start Time
(Local)		DurationTitle
ESPN IndiaTUE9/13/201121:00:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
STAR Sports ChinaTUE9/13/201123:00:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
STAR CricketWED9/14/20117:00:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
STAR CricketSAT9/17/201110:00:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
STAR Cricket HDTUE9/13/201119:00:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
STAR Cricket HDWED9/14/20117:00:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
Sky Sport 3 (NZ)SAT9/17/201110:301:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
Sky Sport 3 (NZ)SAT9/17/201122:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
Fox SportsTHUR9/15/201111:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
Geo SportTUE9/13/201120:301:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
CricOneTUE9/13/201119:301:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
SuperSport (SS2, SS2A, SSHD2)WED9/14/201118:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
SuperSport (SS2, SS2A, CSN)WED9/14/201122:451:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
SuperSport (SSHD2)THUR9/15/201101:151:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
SuperSport (SS2,SS2A,M-Net)THUR9/15/201106:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
SuperSport (SS2,SS2A)THUR9/15/201121:301:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
SuperSport (SS2,SS2A)SUN9/18/201121:301:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
Sky Sports (UK) HD 1TUE9/13/201118:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
ESPN 3 (USA)TUE9/13/2011TBC1:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
ESPN (Caribbean)THRU9/15/201120:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
ESPN (Caribbean)FRI9/16/201113:301:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
ESPN2 (Caribbean)SAT9/17/201117:30 1:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
Rogers (Canada)TBC  1:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011

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