ICC Test Championship | The Final!

[Dipak]

Take tht Aussie

 

[Haarithan]

Woohooo, we're one step away from where we actually belong! Bell and Finn absolutely ripped the Aussies to shreds first up, then Swann's 2nd innings destruction came into effect as we were left with a scanty target to see off. Sad to send the Aussies home but there wasn't a choice, you know.

England are UNCHANGED for the final.

 

[Scott Dawson]

If there's any team available please inform me .

 

[mohit_dude10]

2nd Semi-Final
India vs South Africa

Played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Toss: South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first

South Africa	1st Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	 		run out		28	27	56	3	0	103.7
AN Petersen	 c Singh	b Khan		24	42	53	1	0	57.1
HM Amla				b Khan		31	65	75	3	0	47.7
JH Kallis		 lbw	b Ojha		106	184	288	10	0	57.6
AB de Villiers	 st Dhoni	b Singh		40	86	114	5	0	46.5
AG Prince	 	lbw	b Singh		20	58	82	1	0	34.5
MV Boucher	 c Sehwag	b Sharma	7	20	25	1	0	35.0
PL Harris		 lbw	b Khan		6	22	30	0	0	27.3
DW Steyn			b Khan		12	53	72	0	0	22.6
M Morkel	 c Dravid	b Khan		7	23	46	0	0	30.4
LL Tsotsobe			not out		1	1	3	0	0	100.0
Extras	 			(nb 8)		8					
Total	 		(all out, 96.5 overs)	290					

Fall of wickets
1-52 (Petersen, 11.0 ov), 2-53 (Smith, 11.4 ov), 3-105 (Amla, 29.1 ov), 4-191 (de Villiers, 55.5 ov), 5-251 (Prince, 74.5 ov),
6-259 (Kallis, 79.2 ov), 7-263 (Boucher, 81.0 ov), 8-273 (Harris, 85.5 ov), 9-289 (Morkel, 96.1 ov), 10-290 (Steyn, 96.5 ov)

India Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
Z Khan		26.5	1	106	5	4.0	0	6
I Sharma	12	3	41	1	3.4	0	1
H Singh		28	4	70	2	2.5	0	0
PP Ojha		30	3	73	1	2.4	0	1

Jacques Kallis celebrated his century

India	1st Innings				Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	  c Amla	b Steyn		7	10	22	1	0	70.0
G Gambhir	 	lbw	b Steyn		3	28	45	0	0	10.7
RS Dravid	  c Steyn	b Morkel	78	146	248	8	0	53.4
SR Tendulkar			b Steyn		55	92	128	6	0	59.8
Y Singh	 	 c Boucher	b Steyn		1	8	9	0	0	12.5
SK Raina	 c Kallis	b Morkel	24	68	105	2	0	35.3
MS Dhoni	 c Kallis	b Steyn		31	49	107	3	0	63.3
H Singh	 	 c Boucher	b Harris	2	6	6	0	0	33.3
Z Khan	 	 c Boucher	b Steyn		19	55	64	1	0	34.5
I Sharma			not out		6	15	29	0	0	40.0
PP Ojha	 		lbw	b Tsotsobe	0	7	10	0	0	0.0
Extras	 			(w 2 nb 10)	12					
Total	 		(all out, 80.4 overs)	238					

Fall of wickets
1-12 (Sehwag, 4.1 ov), 2-26 (Gambhir, 8.3 ov), 3-111 (Tendulkar, 35.3 ov), 4-113 (Singh, 37.3 ov), 5-171 (Dravid, 56.0 ov),
6-179 (Raina, 59.2 ov), 7-183 (Singh, 60.4 ov), 8-228 (Khan, 74.5 ov), 9-236 (Dhoni, 78.3 ov), 10-238 (Ojha, 80.4 ov)

South Africa Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
DW Steyn		21	3	70	6	3.3	0	6
M Morkel		18	4	42	2	2.3	1	3
LL Tsotsobe		20.4	2	69	1	3.3	1	1
JH Kallis		2	0	8	0	4.0	0	0
PL Harris		19	3	49	1	2.6	0	0

Dale Steyn removed the Master Blaster claiming 6 wickets in the innings giving South Africa a 52 run lead

South Africa	2nd Innings			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith		 lbw	b Singh		36	73	125	2	0	49.3
AN Petersen	 	 lbw	b Khan		46	92	122	3	0	50.0
HM Amla	 	  c Khan	b Ojha		30	62	116	3	0	48.4
JH Kallis	  c Dhoni	b Singh		69	126	160	9	0	54.8
AB de Villiers			b Ojha		45	71	100	6	0	63.4
AG Prince	  c Dhoni	b Singh		36	68	96	5	0	52.9
MV Boucher	 	lbw	b Sharma	4	8	14	0	0	50.0
PL Harris			b Khan		4	22	33	0	0	18.2
DW Steyn			not out		0	16	22	0	0	0.0
M Morkel	  c Raina	b Khan		0	4	7	0	0	0.0
LL Tsotsobe	  c Singh	b Sharma	0	7	9	0	0	0.0
Extras	 			(nb 7)		7					
Total	 		(all out, 91.3 overs)	277					

Fall of wickets
1-84 (Petersen, 27.0 ov), 2-86 (Smith, 27.4 ov), 3-172 (Amla, 53.5 ov), 4-223 (Kallis, 64.4 ov), 5-253 (de Villiers, 76.5 ov),
6-264 (Boucher, 80.1 ov), 7-277 (Prince, 86.2 ov), 8-277 (Harris, 87.4 ov), 9-277 (Morkel, 89.2 ov), 10-277 (Tsotsobe, 91.3 ov)

India Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
Z Khan		26	5	75	3	2.9	0	3
I Sharma	15.3	4	42	2	2.7	0	3
H Singh		27	7	70	3	2.6	0	1
PP Ojha		23	0	90	2	3.9	0	0

Harbhajan Singh and his team mates were elated as Kallis was dismissed

India	2nd Innings (Target: 330)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	 c Harris	b Tsotsobe	38	44	76	7	0	86.4
G Gambhir	 c Boucher	b Steyn		39	61	110	6	0	63.9
RS Dravid	 c Boucher	b Kallis	115	194	285	14	1	59.3
SR Tendulkar			not out		104	198	321	10	0	52.5
Y Singh	 	 c Kallis	b Harris	1	8	11	0	0	12.5
SK Raina			not out		21	32	57	2	0	65.6
Extras	 			(w 2 nb 10)	12					
Total	 	(for 4 wickets, 89.3 overs)	330					

Fall of wickets
1-77 (Sehwag, 14.4 ov), 2-107 (Gambhir, 21.4 ov), 3-290 (Dravid, 75.4 ov), 4-291 (Singh, 78.1 ov)

South Africa Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
DW Steyn		18.3	1	85	1	4.6	0	0
M Morkel		16	3	83	0	5.2	1	6
LL Tsotsobe		21	3	57	1	2.7	1	1
JH Kallis		16	2	51	1	3.2	0	3
PL Harris		18	0	54	1	3.0	0	0

Dhoni congratlues Sachin as he steers India to the final of ICC Test Championship

India vs South Africa
Result: India won by 6 wickets
MoM: RS Dravid​

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[Haarithan]

God, India're in the final! And South Africa defend their choker's tag!

 

[Scott Dawson]

Not had been a part of this league but i m really looking forward to the Final ... Supporting England

 

[Iridium]

Match was rigged. Reported to the match referee.

 

[Varun]

Woot woot! What a chase! Little Master and The Wall, now the finals.

 

[Dipak]

Chokers

 

[mohit_dude10]

ICC Test Championship Grand Final

Played at Lord's Cricket Ground, London

Toss: India won the toss and elected to bat first

England squad: Andrew Strauss, Alistair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Steven Finn

India squad: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha

India	1st Innings				Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag	 c Strauss	b Anderson	17	28	45	1	0	60.7
G Gambhir			b Finn		80	152	255	11	0	52.6
RS Dravid	 	lbw	b Swann		13	25	42	1	0	52.0
SR Tendulkar	 c Prior	b Anderson	35	52	80	5	0	67.3
Y Singh	 		lbw	b Anderson	58	161	239	4	0	36.0
SK Raina	 c Prior	b Swann		22	40	61	3	0	55.0
MS Dhoni			b Anderson	47	73	124	5	0	64.4
H Singh	 	 c Pietersen	b Finn		6	8	8	0	0	75.0
Z Khan			lbw	b Anderson	3	19	33	0	0	15.8
I Sharma			not out		5	18	28	0	0	27.8
PP Ojha	 		lbw	b Finn		1	12	21	0	0	8.3
Extras	 			(nb 8)		8					
Total	 		(all out, 98 overs)	295					

Fall of wickets
1-29 (Sehwag, 8.5 ov), 2-57 (Dravid, 17.4 ov), 3-125 (Tendulkar, 34.3 ov), 4-161 (Gambhir, 53.1 ov), 5-201 (Raina, 66.1 ov),
6-260 (Singh, 85.1 ov), 7-267 (Singh, 86.5 ov), 8-284 (Dhoni, 92.0 ov), 9-287 (Khan, 93.4 ov), 10-295 (Ojha, 98.0 ov)

England Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
JM Anderson	29	2	117	5	4.0	0	4
SCJ Broad	21	5	65	0	3.1	0	1
GP Swann	27	4	61	2	2.3	0	0
ST Finn		21	3	52	3	2.5	0	3

Gautam Gambhir's hard fought Innings took India to a respectable first Innings total after early blows

England	1st Innings				Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	 c Singh	b Khan		19	50	63	3	0	38.0
AN Cook		 c Gambhir	b Sharma	4	8	16	1	0	50.0
IJL Trott			b Khan		60	97	156	6	0	61.9
KP Pietersen	 c Dhoni	b Ojha		24	46	59	2	0	52.2
IR Bell				b Khan		100	175	252	13	1	57.1
EJG Morgan	 c Singh	b Khan		61	130	190	6	0	46.9
MJ Prior			b Singh		40	81	112	4	0	49.4
SCJ Broad	 	lbw	b Ojha		13	37	48	1	0	35.1
GP Swann	 c Dhoni	b Ojha		0	2	1	0	0	0.0
JM Anderson	 c Dhoni	b Singh		4	18	33	0	0	22.2
ST Finn				not out		0	7	17	0	0	0.0
Extras				(nb 3)		3					
Total	 		(all out, 108.3 overs)	328					

Fall of wickets
1-12 (Cook, 3.2 ov), 2-39 (Strauss, 13.5 ov), 3-91 (Pietersen, 27.3 ov), 4-124 (Trott, 39.1 ov), 5-263 (Morgan, 82.4 ov),
6-273 (Bell, 85.0 ov), 7-303 (Broad, 96.3 ov), 8-303 (Swann, 96.5 ov), 9-321 (Anderson, 104.3 ov), 10-328 (Prior, 108.3 ov)

India Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
Z Khan		29	3	74	4	2.6	0	1
I Sharma	20	3	79	1	4.0	0	1
H Singh		32.3	7	90	2	2.8	0	0
PP Ojha		27	1	85	3	3.1	0	1

Ian Bell's solid knock ensured England went past the Indian total after a shaky start

India	2nd Innings				Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
V Sehwag			b Finn		114	128	219	16	3	89.1
G Gambhir	 c Prior	b Anderson	7	28	44	1	0	25.0
RS Dravid	 c Swann	b Finn		10	42	56	0	0	23.8
SR Tendulkar	 c Trott	b Swann		70	110	172	9	1	63.6
Y Singh		 c Bell		b Swann		25	49	70	4	0	51.0
SK Raina	 		run out		6	22	46	1	0	27.3
MS Dhoni			b Broad		54	69	113	7	1	78.3
H Singh	 	 	 lbw	b Anderson	27	65	112	1	0	41.5
Z Khan			 lbw	b Broad		13	38	54	1	0	34.2
I Sharma	 c Prior	b Broad		2	9	17	0	0	22.2
PP Ojha				not out		1	1	7	0	0	100.0
Extras	 			(w 4 nb 12)	16					
Total	 		(all out, 93.3 overs)	345					

Fall of wickets
1-29 (Gambhir, 8.5 ov), 2-73 (Dravid, 20.3 ov), 3-169 (Sehwag, 45.0 ov), 4-224 (Tendulkar, 57.0 ov), 5-235 (Singh, 60.3 ov),
6-255 (Raina, 66.4 ov), 7-319 (Dhoni, 83.1 ov), 8-335 (Singh, 88.3 ov), 9-341 (Sharma, 92.0 ov), 10-345 (Khan, 93.3 ov)

England Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
JM Anderson	29	2	119	2	4.1	0	6
SCJ Broad	24.3	4	79	3	3.2	3	2
GP Swann	24	1	93	2	3.9	0	2
ST Finn		16	3	54	2	3.4	1	2

Virender Sehwag demoslished the English bowlers with his blazing century setting up England a tough total

England	2nd Innings (Target: 313)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	 c Dhoni	b Khan		117	210	321	12	0	55.7
AN Cook				b Singh		70	135	200	6	0	51.9
IJL Trott	 c Singh	b Khan		54	121	153	2	0	44.6
KP Pietersen	 	lbw	b Sharma	12	28	48	1	0	42.9
IR Bell		 c Ojha		b Sharma	0	5	4	0	0	0.0
EJG Morgan	 c Singh	b Khan		7	5	8	1	0	140.0
MJ Prior	 c Dhoni	b Khan		14	46	68	0	0	30.4
SCJ Broad			not out		29	46	71	3	0	63.0
GP Swann			not out		2	2	6	0	0	100.0
Extras	 (nb 8)	8					
Total	 (for 7 wickets, 99.4 overs)	313					

Fall of wickets
1-152 (Cook, 45.4 ov), 2-233 (Strauss, 73.5 ov), 3-254 (Trott, 81.2 ov), 4-255 (Bell, 82.2 ov), 5-266 (Morgan, 83.4 ov),
6-266 (Pietersen, 84.2 ov), 7-301 (Prior, 98.2 ov)

India Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy	Wides	No balls
Z Khan		27	4	95	4	3.5	0	5
I Sharma	17.4	2	75	2	4.2	0	3
H Singh		30	6	68	1	2.3	0	0
PP Ojha		25	3	75	0	3.0	0	0

Andrew Strauss played a captains knock to set up England for a historic win over India chasing 313

England vs India
Result: England won by 3 wickets
MoM: AJ Strauss

England win the ICC Test Championship​

 

[Gaurav_7]

Amazing league, most deserving team won it.

 

[Bhargav]

England win the ICC Test Championship

WTf. Can't believe this.

 

[Haarithan]

Campionesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!
What a match, an absolute spectacle for test cricket! India did really well to fight back in the 2nd innings after Bell had given us a first inning advantage, but Strauss and Cook - what an opening partnership to solidify the run chase under pressure! A bit of a hiccup there at the end, and at 6/266 - I though that was it. But Broad and Prior kept their cool to steer us to glory! Hope they do the same in real time now.

And congrats Mohit, this was a league that I enjoyed very very much to be a part off.

 

[mohit_dude10]

Amazing league, most deserving team won it.

Hope they now do it in real time.

Thats unlikely

 

[Haarithan]

We shall see.
Happened to beat India all the three times I faced them here.