Story ICC Champions trophy 2006

1st Round ( Group A) Pakistan vsSri Lanka
Sri Lanka 252 (46ovs) Jayawardne 120 , Razzaq 4-59
Pakistan 226 (45ovs) Inzamum 114 , Malik 37

Sri Lanka(2pts) Beat Pakistan(0pts) By 26 runs

Summary :
Sri Lanka`s exellent form continued as they beat Pakistan in the first group A encounter , Pakistan started the brightest having had Sri Lanka at 44-4 at one point by a 120 by Jayawardne (117balls 17x4, 1x6 ) changed the outcome and he was helped along by Dilshan who made a gutsy 54 , Abdur Razzaq was the main destroyer for Pakistan taking 4-59.
The Pakistan reply started just as bad as the Sri Lankan`s innings with Chaminda Vaas ripping through the top order leaving Pakistan on 36-3 but a lovely 114 by Inzamum joined by Malik(37) put the tie back in favour of Pakistan until the silly run out of Inzamum ,two balls later Kulasekara bowled Malik and the innings collapsed ,only Afridi showed some quality with a quick fire 30 but the damage had been done .
 
nice presentation mate, why don't you start a story under the cricekt games and stories thread
 
thanks guys , i should have scouted the forum first before i posted my scores , didnt think there would be a stories thread ,looked at it last night and was glued to it ,quality stuff ,i`ll continue my ICC trophy on here and then my next series/tournement i`ll go over to the stories/scores thread

thanks again

Group A : Australia vs India

India 220-9 (50ovs) Dravid 48 , Bracken 4-49
Australia 223-6 (45ovs) Hayden 63 ,Pathan 3-51

Australia(2pts)BeatIndia (0pts) By 4 wkts

summary:
A fine 63 from opener Mathew Hayden was the differnace between these two sides , Ponting put the Indian`s into bat and good economical bowling at the start of the innings by Lee & McGrath forced India to up a gear which they made a mess of , Nathan Bracken destroyed the middle order taking Y.Singh(15) , Kaif (11) and Dhoni (7) , he finished with figures of 4-49 .
Australia started strong with Hayden & Gilchrist going after the Indian attack , and after India had taken a few of the wickets the damage had been done by Hayden`s 63 off 89 balls , a good patient knock ,Australia won with 5 overs to spare.

Group B match :England vs West Indies

England 274-7 (50ovs) Strauss 107 , Collingwood 64*
West Indies 250 (45ovs) Sarwan 87 ,Harmison 4-50

England(2pts) Beat West Indies (0pts) By 24 Runs

summary:
A good patient 107 by Andrew Strauss saw England get off to winning ways in the first group B tie , the knock included 15x4 and 1x6 but got out trying to smack Corey Collymore over the top and finding a leading edge back to the bowler , Paul Collingwood hit an unbeaten 64 .
West Indies innings never took off until the 20th over when at 84-3 Ramneresh Sarwan started an onslaught ,he was aided by some big hitting by Bravo ,but both fell in the same over to the impressive Harmison ,no other of the Windies batsmen got comfortable at the crease after that and they fell 24 runs short of the target.
 
Group B :New Zealand vs South Africa

South Africa 284-8 (50ovs)Kallis 112 , Hall 63 , Mills 5-44
New Zealand 220 (40ovs) Astle 55 , Ntini 3-28 , Langeveldt 3-31

South Africa(2pts) Beat New Zealand(0pts) By 64 runs

Summary:
South Africa and New Zealand fought out a tight match in this group B encounter , New Zealand were going well before a middle order collapse .
South Africa posted 284 with Jaques Kallis showing off some fine shots and he was helped along the way by Andrew Hall(63) in a 5th wicket stand of 142 , Kyle Mills returned fiqures of 5-44 .
The New Zealand reply was going to plan with Fleming (47) Astle (55) and Fulton (44) but a middle order collapse which saw 4 wickets fall for 15 runs finished off the Kiwi`s run chase.
 
yes, come on sa and welcome back baz, first update in 3 days
 
Group A :Sri Lanka vs Australia

Sri Lanka 265-5 (50ovs) Jayasuirya 114 , Sangakkara 82
Australia 262 (48ovs) Martyn 91 , Muralithran 5-61

Sri Lanka(2pts) Beat Australia (0pts) By 3 Runs

Summary :
Sanath Jayasuirya rolled back the years with a masterfull knock of 114 in Sri Lanka`s 3 run with over Australia , wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara also got in the runs with a lovely 82 ,Australia`s bolwers had a torrid time of it only a burst of 3 wickets in the last couple of overs gave their figures a bit more justice.
The Australian run chase started badly with Sri Lanka restricting them to 55-3 , but Damian Martyn(91) and Mike Hussey(47) got them back in the match ,but they both fell to Muralitharan in the same over , Martyn unlucky not to get his hundred hitting back down the crease to Muralitharan then Hussey giving a big thick edge to Atapattu at 3rd slip ,Muralitharan then polished off the Australian tail.

Group A :Pakistan vs India

India 199 ( 36ovs) Gul 4-35 , Kaneria 3-20
Pakistan 201-7 (32ovs) Younis.K 50 ,Kumble 4-41

Pakistan(2pts) BeatIndia (0pts) By 3 Wkts

Summary:
Pakistan won by 3 wickets but made life difficult for themselves ,after doing the hard work bowling the Indian`s out for 199 they struggled and at one point looked like going to fall way short , Umar Gul was devastaing for Pakistan taking 4-10 in one spell ,the Indian`s just couldn`t cope and Kaneria came in to finish off the tail enders.
India then hit back in style , Pakistan were crippled at 18-3 , Munaf Patel and Zaheer Khan had them in pieces , Younis Khan then came to the crease and steadied the innings but he was rapidly running out of partners until Kamran Akmal came to the crease and steadied the nerves hitting 25 from 12 balls to see Pakistan home
 
Group B : West Indies vs South Africa

South Africa 293-9 (50ovs) G.smith 124 , Dippenaar 61
West Indies 180 (37ovs) Pollock 4-35 , Langeveldt 3-41

South Africa (2pts) BeatWest Indies (0pts) By 113 Runs

Summary :
South Africa destroyed the Windies in this group B encounter , from the 1st ball of the innings it looked bleak , Graeme Smith smashed 124 off 138 balls with Dippenaar weighing in with a classy 61 .
Windies run chase didn`t start well with Chris Gayle falling lbw to Shaun Pollock 1st ball , Brian Lara hit a four and then edged to Kallis at 2nd slip off Pollock again , the South Africa vice captain went on to take the scalps of Sarwan and Baugh with Charl Langeveldt taking 3 wickets in 5 balls at the end ,the only resistance came from a 45 from Shiv Chanderpaul .
 
Group B:New Zealand vs England

New Zealand 250 (43ovs) Astle 60 Andersen 3-50 , Flintoff 3-50
England 251-2 (44ovs) Pietersen 107no , Strauss 74no

England (2pts) beat New Zealand (0pts) By 8 Wkts

Summary :

Kevin Pietersen`s unbeaten 107 saw England home against the black caps , England won the toss and put New Zealand in to bat ,on-form Peter Fulton went for 10 after slicing a thick edge to Strauss off Andersen , New Zealand`s captain Stephen Fleming was run out for 22 going for 2 runs which never was , but Nathan Astle kept his fine form going with a neat 60.
England lost Bell in the 2nd over to Mills for 10 and then Vaughan soon after for 14 but Strauss battled away to get his 50 off 59 balls he was joined by Pietersen who was having ball at the crease in which mainly Vettori was on the recieving end .
 
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how did i miss this story? It was started on 13th Nov but i completely missed it!

Just now traversed the previous pages! It was a good read mate! :clap
Keep up th good work!

Also in Nz Vs Eng match, good knock by KP! KP has been England's rescuer everywhere now a days ;)
 

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