Story SouthAfrica's International Diary(ICC CT 2009) - Boucher tries to Steady the Ship

[Roofrom50]

Mate, what happened to the scoreboard. It shows the Australian bowlers bowling out the South African batsmen, but underneath in the bowling scoreboard, it has the right English bowlers.


Other then that mate, a wonderful update no doubt. Smith played very very well to get his team over the line

 

[Highlander999]

England were well and truly outclassed there. South Africa really did show why they are such a threat to the likes of Australia.

Great works, especially your graphics

 

[shantanu_rooney]

Ravi Shashtri: Hello and Welcome to the Presentation ceremony for this second match of the Commonwealth Bank Quadrangular Series 2009 between South Africa and England where the South Africans completely dominated the game and won it with 7 wickets in hands. First I would like to call Kevin Pietersen to come up and have some words with us.

Ravi Shastri: Well KP, tough luck today! But today's performance was surely not what you expected. Isn't it?

Kevin Pietersen: Yes, we played poorly today. We started of poorly losing 2 quick wickets for just 5 runs and from there on we never improved. We kept losing wickets at regular intervals and then we even failed to reach the 150s. With less than 130 runs to win, bowler had no chance of winning us the game.

Ravi Shastri: But the conditions were very good for batting, so what went wrong?

Kevin Pietersen: Yeah, the conditions were brilliant for batting but our batsmen fail to make good use of the conditions and the South Africans bowled very well sticking a good line and length. They completely outplayed us in all departments of the game.

Ravi Shastri: Thanks KP, and good luck for the next match.

Kevin Pietersen: Cheers mate.

Ravi Shastri: Now, I would like to call upon stage the winning South African captain Graeme Smith, who is also today's' Man of the Match scoring a well deserved half century.

Ravi Shastri: Well, Graeme congratulations for the Man of the Match award. It was a terrific performance by your team! What do you think of the today's win?

Graeme Smith: Thanks...yes, it was a brilliant performance by the boys and it was a total team effort. We bowled really well on a really good batting surface. Our bowlers bowled a brilliant line and length which made their batsman struggle and also we picked up wickets at regular intervals. Restricting them for 130 was brilliant and then our batsman fired and made the real good use of the batting conditions.

Ravi Shastri: Did the conditions changed a lot while batting second?

Graeme Smith: No, not at all. It was still a good batting wicket. The ball was coming nicely onto the bat and the scoring was quite easy. It was just our bowlers bowled brilliantly and took the advantages of the swing and bounce they during the first ten overs.

Ravi Shastri: Thanks Graeme and good luck for the next match.

Graeme Smith: Thanks mate.

Ravi Shastri: So that concludes our presentation ceremony from Sydney.

 

[surendar]

If you like, you can use this(which I made long time back for my CB series) for your presentation screen Shantanu,

Good to see you too simulating the presentation ceremony Good luck!

 

[shantanu_rooney]

If you like, you can use this(which I made long time back for my CB series) for your presentation screen Shantanu,

Good to see you too simulating the presentation ceremony Good luck!

Thanks a lot Suren bhai I will surely make use of that...Thanks a lot..:hpraise

 

[OffCutters]

Very good story mate enjoyed reading it. love the graphics. The South Africans deserved the win i reckon

 

[shantanu_rooney]

India win Commonwealth Bank Quadrangular Series 2009

India won by 10 wickets in the final against South Africa at Melbourne to win the first ever Commonwealth Bank Quadrangular Series in Australia. the Indians lead by MS Dhoni continued their momentum after defeating Australia in the first match. South Africa won the second match quite comfortably. South Africans again outplayed the Australians in the third ODI and winning the game by 25 runs and booking the place in the finals. Indians were stunned by England in the fourth ODI as England won the game by 7 wickets. The fifth ODI saw the Australians finally winning a game in the series, defeating England by eight wickets. The last group game saw the mighty Indians defeating the South Africans by 6 wickets to book the place in the finals. Graeme Smith was given the Man of the Series award for scoring more than 300 runs in the entire series.

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3rd ODI, Australia v South Africa @ Hobart

South Africa - 305/3(50 overs)
G.Smith 119* ; S.Tait 2/49
J.Kallis 108 ; N.Bracken 1/57
A.Villiers 33 ; M.Johnson 0/37

Australia - 280 all out(48.2 overs)
B.Haddin 64 ; D.Steyn 4/47
D.Hussey 56 ; J.Botha 2/56
S.Marsh 40 ; A.Morkel 2/58

South Africa won by 25 runs
Man of the Match: Graeme Smith

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4th ODI, India v England @ Perth

India - 293/6(50 overs)
MS.Dhoni 115 ; S.Broad 2/48
S.Tendulkar 65 ; M.Panesar 2/43
Y.Pathan 26 ; J.Anderson 1/75

England - 294/3(45.2 overs)
K.Pietersen 126* ; I.Sharma 2/60
A.Flintoff 90* ; H.Singh 1/48
I.Bell 36 ; Z.Khan 0/55

England won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: Kevin Pietersen

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5th ODI, Australia v England @ Adelaide

England - 318/7(50 overs)
P.Collingwood 86 ; M.Johnson 3/51
A.Flintoff 58 ; N.Bracken 2/66
M.Prior 49 ; S.Tait 2/87

Australia - 319/2(46.3 overs)
R.Ponting 133 ; G.Swann 1/53
M.Clarke 70* ; G.Napier 0/39
D.Warner 53 ; A.Flintoff 0/43

Australia won by 8 wickets
Man of the Match: Ricky Ponting

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6th ODI. India v South Africa @ Brisbane

South Africa - 288/8(50 overs)
A.Villiers 75 ; I.Sharma 1/45
J.Kallis 50 ; Z.Khan 1/34
G.Smith 43 ; H.Singh 1/36

India - 290/4(48 overs)
S.Tendulkar 78 ; J.Botha 2/24
Y.Singh 57 ; M.Ntini 1/71
G.Gambhir 44 ; D.Styen 0/52

India won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: Sachin Tendulkar

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Final, India v South Africa @ Melborune

South Africa - 135 all out(38.2 overs)
G.Smith 46 ; I.Sharma 3/34
J.Duminy 17 ; I.Pathan 2/19
M.Boucher 15 ; H.Singh 2/40

India - 136/0 (25 overs)
S.Tendulkar 76* ; D.Steyn 0/29
V.Sehwag 52* ; J.Botha 0/30

India won by 10 wickets
Man of the Match: Sachin Tendulkar

India win the Commonwealth Bank Series 2009
Man of the Series: Graeme Smith​

 

[just_cricket]

Good presentation but why do you always play a bit of a series and then skip most of the rest?
I guess it can get boring playing a whole series but surely you could cover the final??
Anyway, is this the end of the story or will you progress to another series?

 

[Roofrom50]

I'm hoping that you'll continue mate

 

[shantanu_rooney]

ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2009 Preview

The ICC World Twenty20 2009 will be the second time a world event for Twenty20 cricket has been held. The event, which feature 12 teams in the men's tournament and eight teams in the women's competition, will be staged in June 2009 at Lord's, The Oval, Trent Bridge and Taunton. The inaugural ICC World Twenty20 competition took place in South Africa in September 2007. The competition, which lasted for just two weeks, was a thrilling event which culminated in India's dramatic five run defeat of Pakistan at Johannesburg. There were many memorable matches, not least the tie between India-Pakistan in Durban in the group stages which saw the first bowl out at an ICC World Twenty20 event, Bangladesh's victory over the West Indies and Zimbabwe's shock defeat of Australia at Cape Town. The previous tournament also had some individual brilliance like Yuvraj Singh's 6 sixes in an over against England in Durban, Brett Lee's hatrick against Bangladesh and Chris Gayle's brilliant century on the opening day of the tournament.

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ESPN Star have secured the telecasting rights for the ICC World Twenty20 World Cup. ESPN Star being ICC's official broadcasting partner the Twenty20 World Cup rights have been given to them. ESPN Star have won the race for the rights against SKY Sports - England's main sports broadcaster, Channel Nine, Super Sport, Zee Sports etc. All the matches will be shown live on ESPN and Star Sports.

Fixtures

England v Netherlands @ Lords - Group B
New Zealand v Scotland @ Oval - Group D
Australia v West Indies @ Oval - Group C
India v Bangladesh @ Tent Bridge - Group A(D/N)
South Africa v Scotland @ Oval - Group D
Engand v Pakistan @ Oval - Group B(D/N)
Ireland v Bangladesh @ Tent Bridge - Group A
Australia v Sri Lanka @ Tent Bridge - Group C(D/N)
Pakistan v Netherlands @ Lords - Group B
New Zealand v South Africa @ Lords - Group D(D/N)
Sri Lanka v West Indies @ Tent Bridge - Group C
India v Ireland @ Tent Bridge - Group A(D/N)

Quarter Finals

D1 v A2 @ Tent Bridge(D/N)
B1 v C2 @ Oval
B2 v C2 @ Tent Bridge
A1 v D2 @ Oval(D/N)


Semi Finals and Finals

E1 v F2 @ Tent Bridge(D/N)
F1 v E2 @ Oval(D/N)
Final @ Lords

 

[Roofrom50]

Nice too see some more cricket coming along mate, good luck with this tournament

 

[Jaztheman]

Looking forward to this Twenty20 World Cup being hosted in England. England have to do well now.

Great presentation, Shan.

 

[MWaugh]

quality presentation mate. im sure the twenty20 format will suit you down to the ground. nice quick action packed games. hopefully australia can improve this time around.

 

[shantanu_rooney]

Indian, Australian and Pakistan Cricket Team land in England​

Welcome to ESPN and we will bring you the details of the squad of the teams which arrived today in England. The Indian, Australian and Pakistan cricket team have all landed in England to take part in the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup n England. The Indians will have their base camp at Tent Bridge, while the Australian Cricket team and Pakistan Cricket Team will have their base camp at The Oval.

After a successful Indian Premier League in South Africa its time for the Indian players to regroup and play together for their country. Indian selectors have not opted for huge changes in the squad, just two changes in the squad which won the One Dayers in New Zealand. Sachin Tendulkar as expected has been given a break and is replaced by his Ranji teammate Abhishek Nayar who was very useful with the bat as well as the ball for the Mumbai Indians in the IPL. Munaf Patel who had a good tour of New Zealand has been dropped for RP Singh who had an excellent IPL and ended picking up the most wickets in the tournament.

MS Dhoni (c)(wk)
Virender Sehwag (vc)
Gautam Gambhir
Yuvraj Singh
Suresh Raina
Yusuf Pathan
Rohit Sharama
Irfan Pathan
Ishant Sharma
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Praveen Kumar
Pragyan Ojha
Ravindra Jadeja
Abhishek Nayar
RP Singh

Player to Watch: Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma has been in very good form recently in the Indian Premier League scoring some invaluable runs for the Deccan Chargers in the middle order. He also has the ability to hit the ball hard and score very quick runs. His slow off spinners can also be useful to remove pace of the ball and slow down the run rate if required.

Australian selectors have decided to go with a very strong and experience Australian squad. Ricky Ponting, Shaun Marsh, David Warner, Michael Hussey and Mitchell Johnson have been recalled to the side along with Brett Lee who is set to return from a lengthy injury. Stuart Clark, Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger, Ben Laughlin, Brett Geeves and Marcus North miss the chance to play in the T20 World Cup in England.

Ricky Ponting (c)
Brad Haddin (wk)
Michael Clarke (vc)
Nathan Bracken
Callum Ferguson
Nathan Hauritz
Brett Lee
Ben Hilfenhaus
Shaun Marsh
David Warner
Andrew Symonds
Michael Hussey
David Hussey
Shane Watson
James Hopes
Mitchell Johnson

Player to Watch: Mitchell Johnson

Mitchell Johnson has been one of the key performers for Australia in the last one year or so. Johnson had a very good tour of Australia where he dominated with the bat and ball. Johnson will get good pace and swing from the pitches in England and will help him trouble the batsman. His ability score some very important runs for his team in the lower order will help the Aussies a lot.

Pakistan selectors have decided to go with the same squad which lost 3-2 in ODI series against Australia in Dubai. The squad has a good mixture youth and experience led by an experience skipper in Younus Khan. Shoaib Akthar is set to play his first Twenty20 World Cup as he missed the last one due to the dressing room spat with Mohd Asif. This would be a great opportunity for the 17-year-old, Ahmed Shehzad to prove his talent.

Younis Khan (c)
Kamran Akmal (wk)
Misbah-ul-Huq (vc)
Shoaib Malik
Ahmed Shehzad
Fawad Alam
Ifthikar Rao
Shoaib Akthar
Sohail Tanvir
Umar Gul
Salmat Butt
Saeed Ajmal
Shahid Afridi
Nasir Jamshed
Yasir Arafat
Mohd Hafeez

Player To Watch: Sohail Tanvir

Leading wicket taker of the first edition of the Indian Premier League Sohail Tanvir will be surely Pakistan's key weapon in the upcoming T20 World Cup. His wrong-footed action, however, caused batsmen a lot of problems and was the surprised package of the 2007 T20 World Cup in South Africa. He also has the ability to hit the ball hard and can score some very important runs in quick time down the order.

 

[shantanu_rooney]

England announce their squad

The host nation England who play the first match of the tournament against Netherlands at Loards have announced their 16-man squad for the championship. The selectors have decided to go with some experience and some Twenty20 specialist. Kevin Pietersen has been given the captaincy of the team as Andrew Strauss is not included in the squad. Twenty20 specialist like Rob Key, Graham Napier, Joe Denly, Dimitri Mascarenhas have been included in the squad. Adil Rashid and Kabir Ali have also been given a chance due to their good current form. James Foster will make his comeback for England after almost 5-6 years. Overall its a good balance side and England would be hoping their big guns Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood and Andrew Flintoff to fire as their were the flops in the recent Indian Premier League.

Kevin Pietersen (c)
James Foster (wk)
Andrew Flintoff (vc)
Paul Collingwood
Graeme Swann
Rob Key
Graham Napier
James Anderson
Owais Shah
Ravinder Bopara
Stuart Broad
Joe Denly
Adil Rashid
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Kabir Ali
Ian Bell

Player To Watch: Graham Napier-

Napier being a product of the Essex youth system has made his mark in county cricket as an allrounder of great ability, particularly in the one-day game, where his hard-hitting batting was complemented by a nifty line in seam bowling, which can prove frustratingly hard to dispatch in the closing overs of a match.