ICC Test Championship | The Final!

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

We performed brilliantly. Our bowling was spot on. If it was not Vettori, we would have got great advantage in the 1st innings itself.

Second inning batting performance was brilliant. Bowling again killed us as this time it was no Vettori

Good performance and I hope to continue with this kind of performance

 

[mohit_dude10]

You can start posting your lineups for 2nd round. Also I haven't mentioned it but all your players must play at least 1 match by 7th round.

 

[Dipak]

Awful batting by the middle ordr

 

[Haarithan]

England unchanged for the time being (unless an upset should occur ) .

 

[Near]

2 Changes:
Sami out Riaz in
Malik out Hafeez in

And how come I got -1 points?

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Same lineup

 

[Gaurav_7]

Put Dilshan to open while Jayawardene comes in for Tharanga at the previous position of Dilshan.

 

[Dipak]

Unchanged

 

[Iridium]

West Indies v South Africa at Barbados

Alviro Petersen
Graeme Smith*
Hashim Amla
Jacques Kallis
AB de Villiers
JP Duminy
Mark Boucher†
Johan Botha
Wayne Parnell (2)
Dale Steyn (1)
Morne Morkel

 

[Prats]

Wow! A nice win. Bowling was extremely good by Hauritz along with certain others. Batting was brilliant too.

Unchanged for Round 2.

 

[Varun]

Unchanged for Round 2.

 

[mohit_dude10]

2nd Round - Match 1
Australia vs India

Toss: Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Played at at W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth

Australia	1st Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
SM Katich	 c Dravid	b Sreesanth	28	54	84	4	0	51.9
PJ Hughes	 	lbw	b Sharma	11	14	28	2	0	78.6
RT Ponting	 c Sreesanth	b Khan		3	9	12	0	0	33.3
MJ Clarke	 c Dhoni	b Khan		34	79	143	2	0	43.0
SR Watson	 	lbw	b Sharma	111	181	261	16	0	61.3
MEK Hussey			b Singh		27	46	48	3	0	58.7
BJ Haddin			b Singh		32	76	107	2	0	42.1
MG Johnson			b Sreesanth	5	20	32	0	0	25.0
SPD Smith	 c Sehwag	b Khan		0	3	3	0	0	0.0
NM Hauritz	 	lbw	b Sreesanth	5	8	11	1	0	62.5
DE Bollinger			not out		1	7	12	0	0	14.3
Extras	 			(w 1 nb 8)	9					
Total			 (all out, 82.5 overs)	266					

Fall of wickets
1-22 (Hughes, 5.4 ov), 2-25 (Ponting, 8.2 ov), 3-54 (Katich, 17.2 ov), 4-144 (Clarke, 39.5 ov), 5-182 (Hussey, 51.1 ov),
6-250 (Haddin, 75.5 ov), 7-256 (Watson, 77.0 ov), 8-257 (Smith, 78.5 ov), 9-263 (Hauritz, 80.1 ov), 10-266 (Johnson, 82.5 ov)

India 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
Z Khan		21	5	69	3	3.3	0	2
I Sharma	9	1	27	2	3.0	0	4
H Singh		24	3	67	2	2.8	1	0
S Sreesanth	13.5	0	55	3	4.0	0	2
Y Singh		15	1	48	0	3.2	0	0

Watson drives Zaheer for a boundary on his way to a century

India	1st Innings				Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	 	lbw	b Smith		61	80	119	7	0	76.3
G Gambhir	 c Katich	b Watson	28	47	71	5	0	59.6
SR Tendulkar	 c Haddin	b Johnson	28	58	99	3	0	48.3
RS Dravid	 c Johnson	b Smith		11	19	23	2	0	57.9
VVS Laxman	 c Smith	b Hauritz	24	49	80	2	0	49.0
Y Singh	 		lbw	b Bollinger	68	161	208	6	0	42.2
MS Dhoni			b Johnson	38	98	160	3	1	38.8
H Singh				not out		11	36	55	0	0	30.6
Z Khan				b Johnson	6	12	22	0	0	50.0
I Sharma			b Bollinger	3	7	10	0	0	42.9
S Sreesanth	 c Haddin	b Watson	3	9	18	0	0	33.3
Extras	 			(w 3 nb 9)	12					
Total	 		(all out, 96 overs)	293					

Fall of wickets
1-56 (Gambhir, 14.5 ov), 2-104 (Sehwag, 25.4 ov), 3-126 (Dravid, 31.2 ov), 4-135 (Tendulkar, 37.2 ov), 5-183 (Laxman, 49.3 ov),
6-266 (Singh, 85.1 ov), 7-266 (Dhoni, 86.1 ov), 8-277 (Khan, 90.3 ov), 9-282 (Sharma, 92.3 ov), 10-293 (Sreesanth, 96.0 ov)

Australia 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
MG Johnson		19	0	69	3	3.6	1	1
DE Bollinger		18	3	47	2	2.6	0	5
SR Watson		10	0	36	2	3.6	1	2
NM Hauritz		25	4	79	1	3.2	1	0
SPD Smith		24	9	62	2	2.6	0	1

Yuvraj helped India take a lead with a gritty half century

Australia	2nd Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
SM Katich	 st Dhoni	b Singh		43	64	89	5	0	67.2
PJ Hughes			b Sharma	5	9	16	1	0	55.6
RT Ponting	 c Laxman	b Singh		56	75	122	3	0	74.7
MJ Clarke	 	lbw	b Singh		12	25	39	0	0	48.0
SR Watson			b Singh		22	77	92	2	0	28.6
MEK Hussey		lbw	b Singh		33	72	103	2	0	45.8
BJ Haddin	 c Dhoni	b Singh		1	3	6	0	0	33.3
MG Johnson	 c Singh	b Khan		3	6	25	0	0	50.0
SPD Smith			not out		11	30	33	1	0	36.7
NM Hauritz	 c Gambhir	b Khan		2	12	21	0	0	16.7
DE Bollinger			b Khan		0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Extras	 			(w 1 nb 8)	9					
Total	 		(all out, 62.2 overs)	197					

Fall of wickets
1-16 (Hughes, 3.2 ov), 2-74 (Katich, 19.5 ov), 3-117 (Clarke, 28.1 ov), 4-126 (Ponting, 30.3 ov), 5-167 (Watson, 49.3 ov), 6-170 (Haddin, 51.0 ov), 7-182 (Hussey, 54.2 ov), 8-188 (Johnson, 57.1 ov), 9-197 (Hauritz, 62.1 ov), 10-197 (Bollinger, 62.2 ov)

India 		Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
Z Khan		16	0	40	3	3.8	1	3
I Sharma	4	0	28	1	7.0	0	0
H Singh		21.2	1	52	5	2.4	0	0
S Sreesanth	5	0	35	0	7.0	0	4
Y Singh		17	2	42	1	2.5	0	1

Harbhajan is all smiles after removing Ponting

India	2nd Innings (Target: 171)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	 c Hussey	b Johnson	25	40	55	3	0	62.5
G Gambhir	 c Hughes	b Johnson	4	2	4	1	0	200.0
SR Tendulkar	 c Haddin	b Hauritz	39	73	125	4	0	53.4
RS Dravid	 c Haddin	b Johnson	32	57	93	3	0	56.1
VVS Laxman			not out		30	78	106	3	0	38.5
Y Singh				not out		40	59	86	6	0	67.8
Extras	 			(nb 3)		3					
Total	 	(for 4 wickets, 51.3 overs)	173					

Fall of wickets
1-5 (Gambhir, 0.5 ov), 2-42 (Sehwag, 11.2 ov), 3-92 (Tendulkar, 27.1 ov), 4-109 (Dravid, 31.5 ov)

Australia 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
MG Johnson		12	2	48	3	4.0	0	1
DE Bollinger		13	3	49	0	3.8	0	1
SR Watson		6	4	13	0	2.2	0	1
NM Hauritz		10.3	2	32	1	3.0	0	0
SPD Smith		10	3	31	0	3.1	0	0

Laxman sealed India's win with a pull shot of Johnson

Australia vs India
Result: India won by 6 wickets
MoM: H Singh​

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[mohit_dude10]

2nd Round - Match 2
New Zealand vs England

Toss: England won the toss and chose to bat

Played at Eden Park, Auckland

England	1st Innings				Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	 c Watling	b Mills		5	11	26	0	0	45.5
AN Cook				b Vettori	62	140	199	4	0	44.3
IJL Trott	 st McCullum	b Vettori	76	97	161	7	0	78.4
KP Pietersen	 c Taylor	b Vettori	36	54	86	4	0	66.7
IR Bell	 	 st McCullum	b Vettori	48	110	155	3	0	43.6
EJG Morgan	 c McCullum	b Williamson	38	58	84	3	0	65.5
MJ Prior	 	lbw	b Vettori	95	133	217	14	0	71.4
TT Bresnan	 	lbw	b Bennett	39	71	116	4	0	54.9
GP Swann	 c McCullum	b Williamson	10	33	58	0	0	30.3
SCJ Broad	 c McCullum	b Tuffey	10	38	38	1	0	26.3
JM Anderson			not out		0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Extras	 			(w 3 nb 20)	23					
Total	 		(all out, 124.1 overs)	442					

Fall of wickets
1-18 (Strauss, 5.1 ov), 2-141 (Trott, 40.2 ov), 3-148 (Cook, 43.0 ov), 4-206 (Pietersen, 59.3 ov), 5-272 (Bell, 78.1 ov),
6-272 (Morgan, 79.1 ov), 7-382 (Bresnan, 102.4 ov), 8-422 (Swann, 115.5 ov), 9-442 (Broad, 124.0 ov), 10-442 (Prior, 124.1 ov)

New Zealand 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
HK Bennett		24	2	89	1	3.7	0	5
KD Mills		23	1	97	1	4.2	2	1
DL Vettori		41.1	6	136	5	3.3	0	2
DR Tuffey		19	2	57	1	3.0	1	8
KS Williamson		17	1	63	2	3.7	0	4

Prior played some brilliant shots in his 95

New Zealand	1st Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
MJ Guptill			b Broad		17	31	49	2	0	54.8
BB McCullum		lbw	b Broad		33	83	147	2	0	39.8
LRPL Taylor	 c Prior	b Bresnan	81	120	176	8	0	67.5
JD Ryder			b Bresnan	32	62	105	2	1	51.6
KS Williamson	 c Strauss	b Broad		37	71	105	4	0	52.1
CFK van Wyk			b Bresnan	31	83	131	2	0	37.3
BJ Watling	 	lbw	b Anderson	36	62	117	4	0	58.1
DL Vettori			b Swann		30	72	112	3	0	41.7
KD Mills	 c Prior	b Swann		4	28	41	0	0	14.3
HK Bennett	 	lbw	b Bresnan	1	5	4	0	0	20.0
DR Tuffey			not out		0	2	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	 			(w 5 nb 17)	22					
Total	 		(all out, 103.1 overs)	324					

Fall of wickets
1-30 (Guptill, 9.2 ov), 2-96 (McCullum, 30.2 ov), 3-166 (Taylor, 46.1 ov), 4-181 (Ryder, 52.2 ov), 5-237 (Williamson, 69.1 ov),
6-265 (van Wyk, 80.1 ov), 7-300 (Watling, 92.4 ov), 8-323 (Mills, 101.4 ov), 9-324 (Bennett, 102.4 ov), 10-324 (Vettori, 103.1 ov)

England 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
JM Anderson		25	3	82	1	3.3	1	7
SCJ Broad		22	3	78	3	3.5	2	4
GP Swann		32.1	3	92	2	2.9	1	0
TT Bresnan		24	5	72	4	3.0	1	6

Taylor took New Zealand to a solid position before departing for 81

England	2nd Innings				Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	 c McCullum	b Mills		17	27	49	3	0	63.0
AN Cook				b Vettori	70	109	160	10	0	64.2
IJL Trott			b Vettori	97	139	229	16	0	69.8
KP Pietersen		 lbw	b Bennett	19	52	85	1	0	36.5
IR Bell	 	c McCullum	b Vettori	14	32	43	1	0	43.8
EJG Morgan	st McCullum	b Vettori	10	14	18	2	0	71.4
MJ Prior			b Vettori	17	23	28	1	0	73.9
TT Bresnan			not out		39	47	78	4	0	83.0
GP Swann			b Williamson	10	10	13	1	0	100.0
SCJ Broad			b Bennett	1	6	7	0	0	16.7
JM Anderson			b Mills		5	23	36	0	0	21.7
Extras	 			(nb 17)		17					
Total	 		(all out, 80.2 overs)	316					

Fall of wickets
1-38 (Strauss, 9.4 ov), 2-130 (Cook, 33.1 ov), 3-202 (Pietersen, 51.4 ov), 4-227 (Trott, 58.2 ov), 5-236 (Bell, 61.0 ov),
6-245 (Morgan, 62.5 ov), 7-268 (Prior, 68.1 ov), 8-287 (Swann, 71.1 ov), 9-294 (Broad, 72.3 ov), 10-316 (Anderson, 80.2 ov)

New Zealand 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
HK Bennett		20	3	78	2	3.9	0	11
KD Mills		17.2	1	76	2	4.4	0	3
DL Vettori		26	3	82	5	3.2	0	1
DR Tuffey		9	0	46	0	5.1	0	2
KS Williamson		8	0	34	1	4.3	0	0

Vettori continued his excellent form with the ball

New Zealand	2nd Innings (Target: 435)	Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
MJ Guptill	 	lbw	b Anderson	54	101	157	6	0	53.5
BB McCullum	 c Strauss	b Anderson	0	2	3	0	0	0.0
LRPL Taylor	 	lbw	b Anderson	2	7	10	0	0	28.6
JD Ryder	 c Prior	b Swann		53	110	169	7	0	48.2
KS Williamson			not out		27	64	99	1	0	42.2
CFK van Wyk	 c Swann	b Anderson	6	7	20	1	0	85.7
BJ Watling			b Swann		16	23	36	1	0	69.6
DL Vettori			not out		2	15	16	0	0	13.3
Extras	 			(w 2 nb 5)	7					
Total	 	(for 6 wickets, 54.5 overs)	167					

Fall of wickets
1-1 (McCullum, 0.4 ov), 2-7 (Taylor, 2.5 ov), 3-102 (Guptill, 33.1 ov), 4-121 (Ryder, 38.5 ov),
5-136 (van Wyk, 43.2 ov), 6-161 (Watling, 51.1 ov)

England 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
JM Anderson		12	1	41	4	3.4	2	2
SCJ Broad		12.5	0	49	0	3.8	0	1
GP Swann		21	3	50	2	2.4	0	0
TT Bresnan		9	1	27	0	3.0	0	2

Anderson's early double blow couldn't help England clinch a victory in a hard fought last day

New Zealand vs England
Result: Draw
MoM: DL Vettori​

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[Dipak]

The Poms outplayed us but well,it's a draw.

 

[Haarithan]

That's rather sad , and a pathetic decision by Strauss to declare so late in the final day given we had a huge lead of 434 but had only 57 overs to bowl out the Kiwis . The declaration should have come 25 overs earlier at the least .

Nevertheless , we possessed raw domination , so will be going UNCHANGED for the upcoming game as well .