ICC Test Championship | The Final!

[Haarithan]

Cool, both our nearest rivals slipping up in their respective games leaving us as the hot favorites to retain top spot.

 

[Varun]

Cherishable innings from Sehwag, and a stunning 5-fer for Sharma, even though it was a draw. I think the Sri Lankan middle order really settled on us during the second innings.

 

[Bhargav]

SR Watson, Mike Hussey and M.Clarke were good with the bat!
Hauritz was just outstanding with the ball picking up 10 wickets!
A well deserved win for us!

 

[mohit_dude10]

Round 12 | Match 4
England vs West Indies

Toss: England won the toss and chose to bat

Played at Lord's Cricket Ground, London

England		1st Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss		 lbw	b Edwards	26	57	79	2	0	45.6
AN Cook	 	 c Edwards	b Taylor	52	82	150	6	0	63.4
IJL Trott	 c Bravo	b Edwards	31	56	87	4	0	55.4
KP Pietersen	 c Bravo	b Edwards	2	7	7	0	0	28.6
IR Bell			 lbw	b Edwards	68	142	215	5	0	47.9
EJG Morgan	 c Chanderpaul	b Bishoo	12	18	24	2	0	66.7
MJ Prior	 c Sarwan	b Bishoo	2	12	15	0	0	16.7
SCJ Broad	 c Cornwall	b Bishoo	33	83	115	3	0	39.8
GP Swann			b Edwards	17	40	62	0	0	42.5
JM Anderson			not out		11	21	37	2	0	52.4
ST Finn				b Bravo		5	18	26	0	0	27.8
Extras	 			(w 2 nb 13)	15					
Total	 		(all out, 89.2 overs)	274					

Fall of wickets
1-48 (Strauss, 15.3 ov), 2-115 (Cook, 31.1 ov), 3-119 (Pietersen, 32.3 ov), 4-122 (Trott, 36.3 ov), 5-135 (Morgan, 40.0 ov),
6-144 (Prior, 43.2 ov), 7-217 (Broad, 70.1 ov), 8-254 (Bell, 80.1 ov), 9-266 (Swann, 84.1 ov), 10-274 (Finn, 89.2 ov)

West Indies 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
FH Edwards		20	5	45	5	2.3	0	2
JE Taylor		14	1	59	1	4.2	0	9
DJ Bravo		8.2	3	23	1	2.8	0	0
SJ Benn			26	2	83	0	3.2	2	2
D Bishoo		15	2	44	3	2.9	0	0
WW Cornwall		6	0	20	0	3.3	0	0

West Indies	1st Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
CH Gayle	 c Prior	b Finn		18	45	76	3	0	40.0
S Chanderpaul			b Broad		55	93	155	6	0	59.1
RR Sarwan	 c Prior	b Anderson	65	144	212	4	0	45.1
MN Samuels	 c Prior	b Anderson	16	34	50	2	0	47.1
DM Bravo			b Finn		63	131	230	6	0	48.1
DJ Bravo			b Swann		38	55	85	5	0	69.1
WW Cornwall	 	lbw	b Anderson	13	25	34	1	0	52.0
JE Taylor			b Swann		8	27	44	0	0	29.6
FH Edwards	 	lbw	b Finn		1	12	18	0	0	8.3
D Bishoo	 	lbw	b Broad		12	23	38	0	0	52.2
SJ Benn				not out		9	24	36	1	0	37.5
Extras	 			(nb 16)		16					
Total	 		(all out, 102.1 overs)	314					

Fall of wickets
1-46 (Gayle, 15.4 ov), 2-102 (Chanderpaul, 32.1 ov), 3-138 (Samuels, 43.1 ov), 4-179 (Sarwan, 60.3 ov), 5-252 (Bravo, 78.4 ov),
6-270 (Cornwall, 85.1 ov), 7-288 (Bravo, 90.3 ov), 8-291 (Taylor, 94.0 ov), 9-291 (Edwards, 94.2 ov), 10-314 (Bishoo, 102.1 ov)

England 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
JM Anderson		26	5	63	3	2.4	0	6
SCJ Broad		24.1	1	86	2	3.6	0	6
GP Swann		32	2	98	2	3.1	0	1
ST Finn			20	4	67	3	3.3	0	3

England		2nd Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	 c Bravo	b Edwards	0	3	2	0	0	0.0
AN Cook				b Bravo		16	50	88	2	0	32.0
IJL Trott	 c Bravo	b Bravo		28	42	70	4	0	66.7
KP Pietersen			b Bishoo	56	97	133	8	0	57.7
IR Bell	 	 c Taylor	b Edwards	13	34	63	0	0	38.2
EJG Morgan		 lbw	b Cornwall	49	83	119	7	0	59.0
MJ Prior		 lbw	b Edwards	35	75	101	4	0	46.7
SCJ Broad	 c Cornwall	b Bishoo	23	57	75	3	0	40.4
GP Swann	 c Bravo	b Edwards	0	3	2	0	0	0.0
JM Anderson			b Edwards	10	19	23	1	0	52.6
ST Finn				not out		2	4	13	0	0	50.0
Extras	 			(w 1 nb 11)	12					
Total	 		(all out, 77.5 overs)	244					

Fall of wickets
1-0 (Strauss, 0.3 ov), 2-46 (Trott, 13.5 ov), 3-53 (Cook, 17.3 ov), 4-101 (Bell, 31.4 ov), 5-136 (Pietersen, 44.2 ov),
6-185 (Morgan, 59.1 ov), 7-221 (Prior, 68.2 ov), 8-221 (Swann, 68.5 ov), 9-233 (Anderson, 74.4 ov), 10-244 (Broad, 77.5 ov)

West Indies 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
FH Edwards		12	2	23	5	1.9	1	1
JE Taylor		15	1	49	0	3.3	0	7
DJ Bravo		10	0	17	2	1.7	0	1
SJ Benn			15	7	48	0	3.2	0	1
D Bishoo		16.5	3	82	2	4.9	0	0
WW Cornwall		9	1	25	1	2.8	0	1

West Indies 2nd Innings (Target: 205)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
CH Gayle	 c Pietersen	b Finn		20	36	64	3	0	55.6
S Chanderpaul	 c Anderson	b Broad		0	1	5	0	0	0.0
RR Sarwan			b Swann		73	143	235	8	0	51.0
MN Samuels	 c Prior	b Broad		42	54	84	4	0	77.8
JE Taylor			b Swann		9	52	82	0	0	17.3
DM Bravo			not out		27	45	77	3	0	60.0
DJ Bravo			not out		23	50	68	3	0	46.0
Extras	 			(w 2 nb 9)	11					
Total	 	(for 5 wickets, 63.3 overs)	205					

Fall of wickets
1-2 (Chanderpaul, 1.1 ov), 2-46 (Gayle, 12.5 ov), 3-117 (Samuels, 31.1 ov), 4-151 (Taylor, 47.1 ov), 5-158 (Sarwan, 49.1 ov)

England		 Bowling Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
JM Anderson		18	3	57	0	3.2	0	1
SCJ Broad		16.3	3	53	2	3.2	1	2
ST Finn			12	1	31	1	2.6	1	6
GP Swann		17	0	64	2	3.8	0	0

Fidel Edwards rattled England batsmen as West Indies surprised England with a thumping victory

England vs West Indies
Result: West Indies won by 5 wickets
MoM: FH Edwards​

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[Iridium]

South Africa unchanged. Better to post now before I forget.

 

[mohit_dude10]

Team Standing

Teams Matches Won (Home) Won (Away) Draw/Tie Lost (Home) Lost (Away) Points
England 12 5 2 2 1 2 23
India 12 4 3 2 3 0 23
Australia 12 4 3 1 2 2 22
South Africa 12 4 3 0 1 4 21
Sri Lanka 12 3 2 2 1 4 15
Pakistan 12 2 2 2 1 5 11
West Indies 12 1 2 1 6 2 0
New Zealand 12 0 2 2 4 4 0

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The semi-finalists are pretty much decided. Sri Lanka have an outside chance though if they win their next two games and South Africa/Australia lose their next two.

R13 Lineups can be posted.

 

[Haarithan]

England are unchanged.

But the loss to a WI side at home really baffles me.

 

[Bhargav]

Australia unchanged

 

[Varun]

India unchanged as well.

 

[tarun87]

SriLanka Same Lineup

 

[Dipak]

Just reverse my entire batting order. Rest unchanged. Want to see whether that works

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Finally we win a game. Same lineup for R13

 

[Near]

1 Change:
Ajmal out Sami in
Rest stays the same

 

[mohit_dude10]

Round 13 | Match 1
Pakistan vs Australia

Toss: Paksitan won the toss and chose to bat

Played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi

Pakistan	1st Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
T Umar	 	 c Hauritz	b Hauritz	31	77	119	2	0	40.3
M Hafeez	 c Haddin	b Hauritz	19	39	65	3	0	48.7
MY Khan	 	st Haddin	b Hauritz	262	556	826	15	0	47.1
M Yousuf	 c Clarke	b Bollinger	14	22	37	1	0	63.6
MK Misbah-ul-Haq c Haddin	b Clarke	248	494	798	20	0	50.2
S Malik				not out		24	49	64	2	0	49.0
A Akmal				not out		0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Extras	 			(w 5 nb 29)	34					
Total	 (for 5 wickets declared, 206.1 overs)	632					

Fall of wickets
1-35 (Hafeez, 13.1 ov), 2-74 (Umar, 25.1 ov), 3-102 (Yousuf, 33.2 ov), 4-584 (Khan, 191.1 ov), 5-632 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 206.1 ov)

Australia 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
MG Johnson		30	3	95	0	3.2	0	9
DE Bollinger		36	3	105	1	2.9	0	9
RJ Harris		35	1	118	0	3.4	3	7
NM Hauritz		46	4	147	3	3.2	1	2
SM Katich		28	5	60	0	2.1	0	1
SR Watson		22	2	87	0	4.0	1	1
MJ Clarke		9.1	0	20	1	2.2	0	0

Australia	1st Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
SM Katich	 c Yousuf	b Kaneria	17	20	35	2	0	85.0
SR Watson	 	 lbw	b Gul		16	16	20	3	0	100.0
RT Ponting	 c Gul		b Kaneria	2	10	18	0	0	20.0
MJ Clarke	 c Akmal	b Kaneria	10	10	20	2	0	100.0
MEK Hussey			b Kaneria	20	87	139	1	0	23.0
CL White		 lbw	b Kaneria	4	10	19	0	0	40.0
BJ Haddin			b Ahmed		62	102	153	6	0	60.8
MG Johnson	 c Akmal	b Ahmed		7	16	31	0	0	43.8
RJ Harris		 lbw	b Ahmed		7	16	29	1	0	43.8
NM Hauritz			not out		14	31	52	0	0	45.2
DE Bollinger	 c Akmal	b Sami		6	30	41	0	0	20.0
Extras	 			(w 1 nb 4)	5					
Total	 		(all out, 58 overs)	173					

Fall of wickets
1-23 (Watson, 4.1 ov), 2-35 (Katich, 7.2 ov), 3-40 (Ponting, 8.0 ov), 4-55 (Clarke, 11.3 ov), 5-62 (White, 15.2 ov),
6-108 (Hussey, 35.5 ov), 7-135 (Johnson, 42.3 ov), 8-146 (Haddin, 46.4 ov), 9-157 (Harris, 49.0 ov), 10-173 (Bollinger, 58.0 ov)

Pakistan 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
U Gul			15	2	54	1	3.6	0	2
T Ahmed			12	2	24	3	2.0	0	0
DPS Kaneria		20	2	71	5	3.5	1	1
M Sami			11	2	24	1	2.2	0	1

Australia	2nd Innings (Following on)	Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
SM Katich	 c Hafeez	b Gul		22	37	62	2	0	59.5
SR Watson	 c Kaneria	b Gul		28	40	64	3	0	70.0
RT Ponting			b Kaneria	36	75	110	4	0	48.0
MJ Clarke			b Ahmed		53	103	174	4	1	51.5
MEK Hussey		 lbw	b Kaneria	8	23	35	1	0	34.8
CL White	 c Malik	b Gul		36	89	130	2	0	40.4
BJ Haddin			b Sami		62	117	196	6	0	53.0
MG Johnson	 	 lbw	b Sami		32	98	171	2	0	32.7
RJ Harris	 	 lbw	b Sami		8	46	73	0	0	17.4
NM Hauritz			not out		3	6	6	0	0	50.0
DE Bollinger			not out		4	2	4	0	0	200.0
Extras	 		       (w 3 nb 18)	21					
Total	 	(for 9 wickets, 106 overs)	313					

Fall of wickets
1-51 (Katich, 12.4 ov), 2-52 (Watson, 13.0 ov), 3-132 (Ponting, 35.5 ov), 4-146 (Hussey, 43.2 ov), 5-162 (Clarke, 50.1 ov),
6-211 (White, 69.4 ov), 7-271 (Haddin, 89.0 ov), 8-306 (Harris, 104.3 ov), 9-307 (Johnson, 104.5 ov)

Pakistan 	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
U Gul			24	2	62	3	2.3	0	3
T Ahmed			24	1	78	1	2.9	1	6
M Sami			22	4	65	3	2.5	2	4
DPS Kaneria		26	8	58	2	2.2	0	1
M Hafeez		10	0	50	0	5.0	0	4

Younis Khan played an epic Innings along with Misbah to ensure Pakistan got a huge total first up

Pakistan vs Australia
Result: Match Drawn
MoM: MY Khan​

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[mohit_dude10]

Round 13 | Match 2
South Africa vs India

Toss: South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

South Africa	1st Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
AN Petersen		 lbw	b Sharma	24	56	89	0	0	42.9
GC Smith	 c Dhoni	b Ojha		45	72	115	6	0	62.5
HM Amla	 	 c Dhoni	b Ojha		24	63	92	2	0	38.1
JH Kallis	st Dhoni	b Singh		13	27	36	1	0	48.1
AB de Villiers		 lbw	b Ojha		89	159	227	7	0	56.0
AG Prince	 c Dhoni	b Singh		0	8	13	0	0	0.0
MV Boucher		 lbw	b Khan		40	116	155	4	0	34.5
PL Harris	 c Singh	b Singh		3	16	21	0	0	18.8
DW Steyn			not out		4	13	20	0	0	30.8
M Morkel			b Sharma	7	11	12	0	0	63.6
LL Tsotsobe		 lbw	b Sharma	0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Extras	 			(w 2 nb 9)	11					
Total	 		(all out, 90.2 overs)	260					

Fall of wickets
1-69 (Petersen, 17.4 ov), 2-78 (Smith, 23.1 ov), 3-105 (Kallis, 32.2 ov), 4-123 (Amla, 40.0 ov), 5-128 (Prince, 43.0 ov),
6-241 (Boucher, 80.5 ov), 7-248 (Harris, 85.4 ov), 8-251 (de Villiers, 87.1 ov), 9-260 (Morkel, 90.1 ov), 10-260 (Tsotsobe, 90.2 ov)

India Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
Z Khan		16	5	51	1	3.2	1	6
I Sharma	12.2	0	34	3	2.8	1	1
H Singh		23	5	54	2	2.3	0	0
PP Ojha		22	4	71	3	3.2	0	0
Y Singh		17	1	50	1	2.9	0	2

India	1st Innings				Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	 	lbw	b Steyn		4	7	10	0	0	57.1
G Gambhir			b Steyn		6	7	15	1	0	85.7
RS Dravid	 	lbw	b Morkel	9	10	16	2	0	90.0
SR Tendulkar	st Boucher	b Harris	46	92	141	6	0	50.0
Y Singh	 	 c Kallis	b Morkel	0	6	10	0	0	0.0
SK Raina	 c Petersen	b Morkel	22	43	68	3	0	51.2
MS Dhoni			b Steyn		30	48	92	4	0	62.5
H Singh		 c Boucher	b Harris	2	7	9	0	0	28.6
Z Khan	 		lbw	b Tsotsobe	6	26	31	0	0	23.1
I Sharma	 c Kallis	b Tsotsobe	2	8	16	0	0	25.0
PP Ojha				not out		0	11	14	0	0	0.0
Extras	 			(w 1 nb 4)	5					
Total	 		(all out, 44.1 overs)	132					

Fall of wickets
1-10 (Sehwag, 2.1 ov), 2-16 (Gambhir, 2.5 ov), 3-31 (Dravid, 5.1 ov), 4-31 (Singh, 7.1 ov), 5-70 (Raina, 21.1 ov),
6-94 (Tendulkar, 32.1 ov), 7-102 (Singh, 34.1 ov), 8-129 (Khan, 40.5 ov), 9-129 (Dhoni, 41.1 ov), 10-132 (Sharma, 44.1 ov)

South Africa Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
DW Steyn		11	4	42	3	3.8	1	3
M Morkel		11	1	31	3	2.8	0	0
LL Tsotsobe		8.1	2	34	2	4.2	0	1
JH Kallis		5	1	16	0	3.2	0	0
PL Harris		9	5	9	2	1.0	0	0

South Africa	2nd Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
AN Petersen	  c Khan	b Singh		38	86	111	3	0	44.2
GC Smith		 lbw	b Singh		55	88	155	5	0	62.5
HM Amla	 	  c Singh	b Ojha		24	38	45	2	0	63.2
JH Kallis	 	 lbw	b Singh		33	67	76	2	0	49.3
AB de Villiers	 	 lbw	b Ojha		37	58	88	5	0	63.8
AG Prince			b Ojha		31	30	52	3	1	103.3
MV Boucher	  c Sehwag	b Ojha		12	38	42	1	0	31.6
PL Harris			b Sharma	2	11	16	0	0	18.2
DW Steyn			b Khan		6	25	40	0	0	24.0
M Morkel	  c Dhoni	b Sharma	8	25	33	0	0	32.0
LL Tsotsobe			not out		0	2	6	0	0	0.0
Extras	 			(nb 4)		4					
Total	 		(all out, 78 overs)	250					

Fall of wickets
1-80 (Petersen, 24.1 ov), 2-120 (Smith, 35.0 ov), 3-120 (Amla, 35.2 ov), 4-184 (Kallis, 54.1 ov), 5-196 (de Villiers, 57.2 ov),
6-233 (Prince, 67.1 ov), 7-234 (Boucher, 68.0 ov), 8-237 (Harris, 71.1 ov), 9-248 (Steyn, 76.4 ov), 10-250 (Morkel, 78.0 ov)

India Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
Z Khan		12	0	36	1	3.0	0	1
I Sharma	12	2	38	2	3.2	0	2
H Singh		27	3	74	3	2.7	0	0
PP Ojha		27	2	102	4	3.8	0	1

India	2nd Innings (Target: 379)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag			b Harris	79	128	198	11	0	61.7
G Gambhir	 c Boucher	b Tsotsobe	22	42	76	2	0	52.4
RS Dravid	 c Boucher	b Steyn		32	83	139	4	0	38.6
SR Tendulkar	 c de Villiers	b Steyn		7	30	46	0	0	23.3
Y Singh	 	 c Petersen	b Tsotsobe	96	169	266	7	0	56.8
SK Raina	 c Boucher	b Harris	16	47	64	2	0	34.0
MS Dhoni	 c Boucher	b Tsotsobe	21	41	66	2	0	51.2
H Singh				not out		51	113	194	3	0	45.1
Z Khan				b Harris	14	56	78	0	0	25.0
I Sharma			b Harris	2	6	9	0	0	33.3
PP Ojha				b Harris	0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Extras	 			(w 4 nb 12)	16					
Total	 		(all out, 119.2 overs)	356					

Fall of wickets
1-52 (Gambhir, 15.0 ov), 2-139 (Sehwag, 40.5 ov), 3-145 (Dravid, 43.5 ov), 4-159 (Tendulkar, 50.0 ov), 5-200 (Raina, 63.4 ov),
6-238 (Dhoni, 77.5 ov), 7-318 (Singh, 100.0 ov), 8-354 (Khan, 117.1 ov), 9-356 (Sharma, 119.1 ov), 10-356 (Ojha, 119.2 ov)

South Africa Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
DW Steyn		29	2	88	2	3.0	1	8
M Morkel		14	3	56	0	4.0	1	1
LL Tsotsobe		27	5	81	3	3.0	2	2
JH Kallis		19	4	55	0	2.9	0	0
PL Harris		30.2	2	76	5	2.5	0	1

Paul Harris picked up last 3 wickets for 2 runs as South Africa clinched a thrilling victory over India

South Africa vs India
Result: South Africa won by 22 runs
MoM: PL Harris​

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