ICC Test Championship | The Final!

[Bhargav]

Good win there. Ponting was really brilliant!

 

[tarun87]

Mendis Bowl Well In Both Innings, Our Batsman Played Really Bad In 2nd Innings

 

[mohit_dude10]

You can start posting Lineups for R7.

Bhargav: Tim Paine and Peter Siddle
Varun: Pragyan Ojha
Dipak: Chris Martin, James Franklin and Rob Nicol
Rahul: Wilden Cornwall and Carlton Baugh

These managers have to complete all their player dues in this round.

 

[Iridium]

South Africa v Pakistan at Capetown

Alviro Petersen
Graeme Smith *
Hashim Amla
Jacques Kallis
AB de Villiers
JP Duminy
Mark Boucher †
Paul Harris
Dale Steyn (1)
Morne Morkel (2)
Lonwabo Tsotsobe

 

[Varun]

Ojha comes in for Unadkat.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

We played Poor cricket. Some positives but lot of negatives. Will post lineup tomorrow morning

 

[Haarithan]

Unchanged despite that draw in Pakistan , for it was a dead wicket that we played on and had no life for the bowlers . Will give Tremlett one last go .

 

[Bhargav]

Tim Paine in for katich
and siddle for bollinger

 

[tarun87]

Upul Tharanga
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Kumar Sangakkara
Mahela Jayawardene
Thilan Samaraweera
Angelo Matthews ^
Tharanga Paranavitana
Nuwan Kulasekera ^
Rangana Herath ^
Lasith Malinga ^
Ajantha Mendis ^

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Chris Gayle
Shiv Chanderpaul
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Marlon Samuels
Darren Bravo
Carlton Baugh
Wilden Cornwall
Jerome Taylor
Fidel Edwards
Devendra Bishoo
Suleiman Benn

 

[Near]

1 Change:

Azhar Ali in Fawad Alam out

Rest stays the same

 

[Dipak]

Franklin in for CFK van Wyk
Martin in for Tuffey
Nicol in for Williamson

 

[mohit_dude10]

Round 7 | Match 1
England vs Australia

Toss: Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham

Australia	1st Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	 c Prior	b Swann		53	106	160	4	0	50.0
TD Paine	 c Prior	b Finn		13	24	49	0	0	54.2
RT Ponting			b Tremlett	19	47	73	1	0	40.4
MJ Clarke		 lbw	b Finn		105	123	200	16	0	85.4
MEK Hussey			b Finn		39	99	154	3	0	39.4
BJ Haddin		 lbw	b Tremlett	16	27	53	2	0	59.3
SPD Smith			b Tremlett	18	54	71	0	0	33.3
NM Hauritz			b Anderson	10	25	54	0	0	40.0
RJ Harris			not out		13	42	71	0	0	31.0
PM Siddle	 st Prior	b Swann		3	19	32	0	0	15.8
BW Hilfenhaus		 lbw	b Swann		2	10	11	0	0	20.0
Extras	 			(nb 22)		22					
Total			 (all out, 96 overs)	313					

Fall of wickets
1-30 (Paine, 9.1 ov), 2-85 (Ponting, 24.5 ov), 3-105 (Watson, 32.4 ov), 4-234 (Hussey, 64.5 ov), 5-247 (Clarke, 66.5 ov),
6-269 (Haddin, 76.0 ov), 7-287 (Smith, 81.3 ov), 8-298 (Hauritz, 87.0 ov), 9-311 (Siddle, 93.3 ov), 10-313 (Hilfenhaus, 96.0 ov)

England 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
JM Anderson		28	2	66	1	2.4	0	9
ST Finn			19	2	76	3	4.0	0	6
GP Swann		28	1	93	3	3.3	0	0
CT Tremlett		21	1	78	3	3.7	0	7

Clarke played some elegant shots on his way to a century

England	1st Innings				Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss			b Siddle	112	247	386	12	0	45.3
AN Cook	 	st Haddin	b Hauritz	51	102	165	4	0	50.0
IJL Trott	st Haddin	b Hauritz	21	36	37	2	0	58.3
KP Pietersen	c Hussey	b Smith		11	15	19	1	0	73.3
IR Bell				b Hilfenhaus	72	106	143	4	0	67.9
EJG Morgan			b Harris	43	52	72	7	1	82.7
MJ Prior	c Haddin	b Watson	20	18	35	4	0	111.1
GP Swann			not out		23	54	107	1	1	42.6
CT Tremlett			b Hilfenhaus	6	21	32	0	0	28.6
JM Anderson		 lbw	b Hauritz	7	23	24	1	0	30.4
ST Finn		c Haddin	b Smith		4	29	33	0	0	13.8
Extras	 			(nb 13)		13					
Total			 (all out, 117.1 overs)	383					

Fall of wickets
1-106 (Cook, 36.1 ov), 2-139 (Trott, 44.3 ov), 3-152 (Pietersen, 49.2 ov), 4-266 (Bell, 82.0 ov), 5-281 (Strauss, 86.1 ov), 6-325 (Prior, 93.2 ov), 7-345 (Morgan, 96.5 ov), 8-353 (Tremlett, 103.3 ov), 9-368 (Anderson, 108.5 ov), 10-383 (Finn, 117.1 ov)

Australia	 Bowling Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
RJ Harris		25	5	85	1	3.4	0	6
PM Siddle		20	1	76	1	3.8	0	3
BW Hilfenhaus		15	2	47	2	3.1	0	4
NM Hauritz		30	4	67	3	2.2	0	0
SPD Smith		24.1	5	78	2	3.2	0	0
SR Watson		3	0	30	1	10.0	0	0

Strauss led from the front as he continued his great form with another century

Australia	2nd Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	 c Swann	b Anderson	8	16	22	0	0	50.0
TD Paine		 lbw	b Anderson	38	72	128	2	0	52.8
RT Ponting	 c Tremlett	b Anderson	7	6	9	1	0	116.7
MJ Clarke			b Swann		101	159	252	11	0	63.5
MEK Hussey			b Finn		6	20	27	1	0	30.0
BJ Haddin	 c Morgan	b Anderson	1	10	13	0	0	10.0
SPD Smith	 st Prior	b Swann		28	65	97	2	0	43.1
NM Hauritz			b Swann		15	14	18	0	1	107.1
RJ Harris			not out		14	45	65	0	0	31.1
PM Siddle		 lbw	b Swann		7	15	25	0	0	46.7
BW Hilfenhaus			b Finn		5	21	38	0	0	23.8
Extras	 			(nb 11)		11					
Total	 		(all out, 73.5 overs)	241					

Fall of wickets
1-18 (Watson, 4.3 ov), 2-27 (Ponting, 6.2 ov), 3-96 (Paine, 27.0 ov), 4-104 (Hussey, 33.0 ov), 5-110 (Haddin, 35.4 ov), 6-194 (Smith, 56.2 ov), 7-213 (Clarke, 60.1 ov), 8-214 (Hauritz, 60.3 ov), 9-224 (Siddle, 66.1 ov), 10-241 (Hilfenhaus, 73.5 ov)

England 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
JM Anderson		21	1	90	4	4.3	0	1
ST Finn			10.5	2	29	2	2.7	0	3
GP Swann		26	5	62	4	2.4	0	1
CT Tremlett		16	2	60	0	3.8	0	6

Australia set a medicore target despite a brilliant century from Clarke, His 2nd in the test

England 2nd Innings (Target: 172)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	 	lbw	b Siddle	56	124	220	6	0	45.2
AN Cook	 	c Hussey	b Siddle	12	26	35	2	0	46.2
IJL Trott			not out		88	142	198	10	0	62.0
KP Pietersen			not out		9	10	14	0	0	90.0
Extras	 			(w 1 nb 8)	9					
Total	 	(for 2 wickets, 50.2 overs)	174					

Fall of wickets
1-23 (Cook, 7.1 ov), 2-163 (Strauss, 47.0 ov)

Australia 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
RJ Harris		11	2	45	0	4.1	1	2
PM Siddle		13	1	44	2	3.4	0	1
BW Hilfenhaus		8	1	24	0	3.0	0	5
NM Hauritz		9	0	32	0	3.6	0	0
SPD Smith		9.2	0	29	0	3.1	0	0

Trott steered England to a thumping with a Patient 88

England vs Australia
Result: England won by 8 wickets
MoM: AJ Strauss​

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[mohit_dude10]

Round 7 | Match 2
South Africa vs Pakistan

Toss: Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat

Played at Buffalo Park, East London

Pakistan	1st Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
T Umar				b Morkel	58	98	144	8	0	59.2
M Hafeez			b Morkel	67	73	143	10	0	91.8
M Yousuf			b Harris	58	134	180	5	0	43.3
MY Khan				b Tsotsobe	47	96	198	5	0	49.0
MK Misbah-ul-Haq		b Tsotsobe	48	60	75	7	0	80.0
A Ali	 		lbw	b Tsotsobe	10	17	38	0	0	58.8
MSH Hasan			b Steyn		14	27	40	1	0	51.9
M Sami				b Tsotsobe	0	2	7	0	0	0.0
U Gul	 		lbw	b Tsotsobe	0	6	9	0	0	0.0
T Ahmed				not out		0	5	8	0	0	0.0
S Ajmal		 c Boucher	b Steyn		0	3	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	 			(nb 16)		16					
Total	 		(all out, 86.5 overs)	318					

Fall of wickets
1-133 (Hafeez, 28.2 ov), 2-134 (Umar, 28.4 ov), 3-243 (Yousuf, 66.1 ov), 4-257 (Khan, 70.1 ov), 5-295 (Ali, 78.1 ov),
6-313 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 81.5 ov), 7-318 (Sami, 83.1 ov), 8-318 (Gul, 85.1 ov), 9-318 (Hasan, 86.2 ov), 10-318 (Ajmal, 86.5 ov)

South Africa 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
DW Steyn		25.5	1	107	2	4.1	0	8
M Morkel		16	0	62	2	3.9	0	1
LL Tsotsobe		23	3	66	5	2.9	0	6
JH Kallis		5	1	19	0	3.8	0	1
PL Harris		17	1	64	1	3.8	0	0

Lonwabo Tsotsobe took two wickets on trot as Pakistan skittled after a solid start

South Africa	1st Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	 st Hasan	b Hafeez	65	118	180	8	0	55.1
AN Petersen		 lbw	b Ajmal		87	124	193	13	0	70.2
HM Amla				b Ajmal		36	75	122	5	0	48.0
JH Kallis		 lbw	b Gul		52	86	117	6	0	60.5
AB de Villiers	 	 lbw	b Gul		40	58	75	6	0	69.0
J Duminy			b Gul		16	36	68	1	0	44.4
MV Boucher			b Ahmed		18	25	47	2	0	72.0
PL Harris	 	 lbw	b Ahmed		0	4	3	0	0	0.0
DW Steyn		 lbw	b Ahmed		5	6	17	0	0	83.3
M Morkel			not out		5	21	27	0	0	23.8
LL Tsotsobe			b Gul		0	4	3	0	0	0.0
Extras	 			(w 3 nb 12)	15					
Total			 (all out, 92.5 overs)	339					

Fall of wickets
1-154 (Smith, 38.2 ov), 2-160 (Petersen, 41.3 ov), 3-251 (Amla, 66.1 ov), 4-252 (Kallis, 68.0 ov), 5-310 (de Villiers, 82.4 ov),
6-310 (Duminy, 83.1 ov), 7-310 (Harris, 83.5 ov), 8-327 (Steyn, 87.1 ov), 9-339 (Boucher, 91.1 ov), 10-339 (Tsotsobe, 92.5 ov)

Pakistan 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
U Gul			29.5	2	129	4	4.3	0	7
T Ahmed			14	1	56	3	4.0	2	2
S Ajmal			25	2	69	2	2.8	1	2
M Sami			8	1	29	0	3.6	0	0
M Hafeez		16	1	56	1	3.5	0	1

Tanvir Ahmed celebrates as he cleans up Mark Boucher

Pakistan	2nd Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
T Umar		 c Harris	b Morkel	14	19	27	3	0	73.7
M Hafeez	 c Kallis	b Morkel	1	4	7	0	0	25.0
M Yousuf	 c de Villiers	b Morkel	38	68	120	5	0	55.9
MY Khan	 	 c Petersen	b Steyn		28	28	40	4	0	100.0
MK Misbah-ul-Haq		b Morkel	20	29	48	2	0	69.0
A Ali				b Steyn		29	66	107	2	0	43.9
MSH Hasan		 lbw	b Morkel	27	53	85	3	0	50.9
M Sami				b Steyn		0	10	19	0	0	0.0
U Gul		 c Petersen	b Harris	1	2	4	0	0	50.0
T Ahmed				b Harris	8	20	28	0	0	40.0
S Ajmal				not out		6	14	23	0	0	42.9
Extras	 			(w 1 nb 11)	12					
Total	 		(all out, 52.1 overs)	184					

Fall of wickets
1-6 (Hafeez, 1.3 ov), 2-20 (Umar, 5.2 ov), 3-59 (Khan, 12.5 ov), 4-102 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 22.4 ov), 5-107 (Yousuf, 25.0 ov),
6-165 (Hasan, 43.0 ov), 7-167 (Ali, 45.2 ov), 8-168 (Gul, 46.1 ov), 9-170 (Sami, 47.2 ov), 10-184 (Ahmed, 52.1 ov)

South Africa 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
DW Steyn		16	0	62	3	3.9	1	8
M Morkel		15	1	56	5	3.7	0	2
LL Tsotsobe		9	0	35	0	3.9	0	1
PL Harris		12.1	1	31	2	2.5	0	0

Morne Morkel cleaned up Pakistan to finish with 5 for 56

South Africa 2nd Innings (Target: 164)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith		 lbw	b Ajmal		60	100	155	4	1	60.0
AN Petersen 	c Misbah-ul-Haq	b Ahmed		6	6	10	1	0	100.0
HM Amla	    	c Ahmed		b Ajmal		19	33	48	2	0	57.6
JH Kallis	c Ahmed		b Hafeez	30	37	52	5	0	81.1
AB de Villiers			not out		40	61	84	5	0	65.6
J Duminy			not out		8	25	40	1	0	32.0
Extras	 			(nb 3)		3					
Total	 	(for 4 wickets, 43.4 overs)	166					

Fall of wickets
1-15 (Petersen, 2.0 ov), 2-46 (Amla, 12.0 ov), 3-101 (Kallis, 23.4 ov), 4-139 (Smith, 34.3 ov)

Pakistan 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
U Gul			14.4	2	68	0	4.6	0	3
T Ahmed			6	2	19	1	3.2	0	0
S Ajmal			14	1	51	2	3.6	0	0
M Sami			1	0	2	0	2.0	0	0
M Hafeez		8	0	26	1	3.3	0	0

AB De Villiers celebrates as he guides South Africa to a convincing victory

South Africa vs Pakistan
Result: South Africa won by 6 wickets
MoM: M Morkel​

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[Haarithan]

Yo baby , the Ashes is ours yet again !